Employee leaves work after being 15 minutes late to their 8-hour shift, blames company policy forbidding employees from clocking in late: ‘Why bother?’

Even the most punctual people out there are late sometimes, especially since there are plenty of variables that affect our commute from place to place.

Personally, I hate being late. I always try to be at least 15 minutes early to anything I schedule, including work. But even I find myself struggling to keep that up every single day. Some mornings, the bus simply doesn't show up, or a random car breaks down in the middle of the highway, causing a major delay in my carefully-structured schedule. 

This can happen to everyone, which should be something to remember when setting up rules about being on time.

The company in the story below has a strict policy that states that if an employee is more than 10 minutes late to work, they cannot clock in for the entire shift; they may as well go home for the day. So when this employee tried to clock in after a 15-minute delay, they realized they couldn't and left, even though they were more than ready to work that day.

So, is this policy really the best way to handle the punctuality issue? I'm not entirely sure…

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