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> 5) stand up in the middle of a conversation and walk out the door because it's 2:30 PM and their day is over; My dad would do the same stuff. He worked at S

> 5) stand up in the middle of a conversation and walk out the door because it's 2:30 PM and their day is over; My dad would do the same stuff. He worked at Samsung. When he got into his 50s, it was like a switch turned on and he just wouldn't stay beyond a standard work day. Got a meeting you scheduled late in the day? Too bad, he was there at 6am and was going home. He was always home at the same time. In comparison, during this period of time my mom would go into the office at 8am and stay as late as 1am. She would even pick up 2nd dinner for me on her way home.

pc86 7y ago
There's a difference between saying "I saw you scheduled a meeting for 2-3, just so you know my day is over at 2:30, can we reschedule?" (which I have done, and will always do), and cutting someone off mid-sentence to say your day is over because your clock beeped, and being out the door and in your car 15 seconds later.
- linuxftw 7y ago
  Often times government contractors aren't authorized to work overtime. It's illegal to do unpaid work.
- a1369209993 7y ago
  Sure, but the latter is completely resonable when the person scheduling the meeting is a pointer-haired twit who would respond to the former with "sure, sure, sounds good" <later> "okay, we rescheduled for 2:00-3:00", which from what I've seen/heard seems to be typical of government work.
- nroach 7y ago
  Some people that work early-shifted days do so because they have child care obligations. Many day cares charge by the minute for late pick-ups. So an abrupt departure may not be 100% attributable to laziness. Failure to communicate those constrains ahead of the meeting very well might be.
- rapind 7y ago
  On the flip side, does your employer care if you clock out at 2:25 because you're bored? I bet some employers (like large bureaucracies) don't like that. We lack context.

pc86 7y ago

There's a difference between saying "I saw you scheduled a meeting for 2-3, just so you know my day is over at 2:30, can we reschedule?" (which I have done, and will always do), and cutting someone off mid-sentence to say your day is over because your clock beeped, and being out the door and in your car 15 seconds later.

linuxftw 7y ago
Often times government contractors aren't authorized to work overtime. It's illegal to do unpaid work.
a1369209993 7y ago
Sure, but the latter is completely resonable when the person scheduling the meeting is a pointer-haired twit who would respond to the former with "sure, sure, sounds good" <later> "okay, we rescheduled for 2:00-3:00", which from what I've seen/heard seems to be typical of government work.
nroach 7y ago
Some people that work early-shifted days do so because they have child care obligations. Many day cares charge by the minute for late pick-ups. So an abrupt departure may not be 100% attributable to laziness. Failure to communicate those constrains ahead of the meeting very well might be.
rapind 7y ago
On the flip side, does your employer care if you clock out at 2:25 because you're bored? I bet some employers (like large bureaucracies) don't like that. We lack context.