Dealing With Being Late

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Dealing With Being Late
Task 3507
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Introduction

• Although 43 of managers say they don't mind if
  their employees are late for work, late employees
  continue to give some very interesting excuses to
  justify their tardiness.

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American Survey

• According to a recent survey, 15 of workers say
  they arrive late to work at least once a week,
  while nearly one-in-four of all workers (24 )
  admit to making up fake excuses to explain their
  tardiness.

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Showing Up Late

• Consistently showing up late can affect how
  others in the company view your work ethic and
  discipline, as well as affect your productivity.

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Main Causes of Being Late

• 32 of workers claimed traffic was the culprit
• 17 claimed that falling back asleep was the
  reason.

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Main Causes of Being Late

• 7 pointed to a long commute.
• Other popular reasons included getting kids
  ready for school and day care, forgetting
  something at home, and feeling sick.

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True Funny Excuses

• While rowing across the river to work, I got lost
  in the fog.
• Someone stole all my daffodils.
• I had to go audition for American Idol.
• My ex-husband stole my car so I couldn't drive to
  work.
• My route to work was shut down by a Presidential
  motorcade.

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True Funny Excuses

• I wasn't thinking and accidentally went to my old
  job.
• The line was too long at Starbucks.
• I was trying to get my gun back from the police.
• I didn't have money for gas.

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Main Outcomes

• Poor performance.
• Career troubles (repeatedly missing deadlines
  could lead to get demoted or fired).
• Unnecessary expenses like having to pay late
  fees.

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Main Outcomes

• Financial difficulties.
• Medical problems (heart attack because the victim
  kept delaying the start of their personal health
  program).
• Dissatisfaction about oneself.
• Dissatisfaction of others about one's
  procrastination.

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How to Deal with Procrastination

• Candidly discuss the tardiness issue.
• The employee may have personal scheduling issues
  that can be worked around with reasonable
  schedule adjustments.
• Employees may need help understanding the
  importance of strong personal discipline.

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How to Deal with Procrastination

• Frequent lateness can sometimes be an indicator
  of job dissatisfaction.
• Evaluate the current policies and consider trying
  flextime, which can be implemented with various
  levels of flexibility.

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Conclusion

• Although flexible schedules are more common in
  the workplace these days, it is still important
  for employees to be mindful of their arrival
  times,

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• Lico Reis Consultoria Línguas
• Prof. Lico Reis
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