Tardiness and Absences in the work place
Tardiness and Absences in the Work Place
Being late or absent can affect you in many ways, especially in the work place. Consequences such as being suspended, laid off, vacation days taken away, hours from your shift being docked, going without pay, and missing deadlines can occur along with missing opportunities to better yourself. In any job you have there will always be chances of getting a pay raise, a promotion, or expanding the business; opportunities normally do not come to those who cannot be relied on. In this paper I will be discussing how being late or absent can get you put in some rather sticky situations along with tips to help avoid these issues. First hand I have witnessed people lose their jobs due to being late or asking for too many days off work. My family owns McGhin’s Southern Pit BBQ, a restaurant here in griffin; I have grown up there my entire life. Their policy dealing with lateness and absences consist of having three warnings which they call write-ups. The first offense is simply a verbal warning, second offense includes three days suspension with no pay, on the third offense your shift will be cut drastically for a month period of time. If the issue occurs after these three steps have been taken you will no longer have a job. There has been many unfortunate situations where employees have lost their jobs due to not being responsible enough to get themselves to work on time, or to come in at all. Now for just a moment think about this, those punishments occurred in a small town, family owned business, imagine if you worked for a larger business or corporation, your consequences may differ depending where you work. No matter what your job is you should come prepared and on time. When you first apply for the job you are interested in would you wear dirty clothes or have bad breath? Probably not, neither of those qualities will help build a good
Being late or absent can affect you in many ways, especially in the work place. Consequences such as being suspended, laid off, vacation days taken away, hours from your shift being docked, going without pay, and missing deadlines can occur along with missing opportunities to better yourself. In any job you have there will always be chances of getting a pay raise, a promotion, or expanding the business; opportunities normally do not come to those who cannot be relied on. In this paper I will be discussing how being late or absent can get you put in some rather sticky situations along with tips to help avoid these issues. First hand I have witnessed people lose their jobs due to being late or asking for too many days off work. My family owns McGhin’s Southern Pit BBQ, a restaurant here in griffin; I have grown up there my entire life. Their policy dealing with lateness and absences consist of having three warnings which they call write-ups. The first offense is simply a verbal warning, second offense includes three days suspension with no pay, on the third offense your shift will be cut drastically for a month period of time. If the issue occurs after these three steps have been taken you will no longer have a job. There has been many unfortunate situations where employees have lost their jobs due to not being responsible enough to get themselves to work on time, or to come in at all. Now for just a moment think about this, those punishments occurred in a small town, family owned business, imagine if you worked for a larger business or corporation, your consequences may differ depending where you work. No matter what your job is you should come prepared and on time. When you first apply for the job you are interested in would you wear dirty clothes or have bad breath? Probably not, neither of those qualities will help build a good