Redditors Share Their Views On Showing Up Late For Work Or Just Staying At Home Instead

Some of these Redditors are speaking from experience, but the question is, what would you do?

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• February 3, 2020

It is not uncommon that people oversleep and be late for work. Hell, 10 or 15 minutes for me is just a typical day. But what should you do if you really overslept? Like two hours overslept.

Should you go to work or call in sick or something? Is it better to show up eventually, or not show up at all? I guess it all depends on the concrescences, not just for yourself, bit your coworkers too. 

These 15 Redditors are discussing that, some of them from experience, and others just in theory.

It makes you wonder, though, what would you do?

15. You better call.

"Late = doghouse."

"No call no show = fired guy"

14. This is so understandable.

"When I wake up on time I still have this dilemma."

13. Some other job-yes. This job-no.

"My current job?

No, it’s fucking hell and it makes me miserable.

But in general yeah I would go."

12. Lucky Germans.

"There’s this thing in germany we call “gleitzeit” it lets you come and go whenever u want between 7:00 and 20:00 as long as you fulfill your daily target time.

So you basically have 13 hours time to get your 7-8 hours of work done"

11. It is a noble thing to do.

"I’d still “go in”.

My job is home based and salaried though. As long as I work an hour I get credit for a full day.

Back when I was bartending – same answer. Being late in the service industry is putting your work onto someone else. Get there so whoever is covering for you can go home or so everyone’s workload becomes more manageable."

10. What you can do today, don’t leave for tomorrow.

"Yep.

I’m usually punctual and my boss is not a huge pain in the ass.

Also, if I don’t go, the clients are more of a pain than my boss and the next day I’d have to overwork myself to catch up on work."

9. I envy you.

"Yes.

I have flexible work hours and as long as I fulfill my work duty within the month, I’m okay."

8. That makes it easier to decide.

"For my job?

I’d get an official warning if I was two hours late.

If I didn’t show up at all I’d likely get fired."

7. So, basically, if you have enough donuts/biscuits/bagels you can do whatever you want.

"This is basically how I do it:

I wake up and realize I’m 2 hours late

Am I hungover?

Yes: Call in sick

No: Go in and bring donuts/biscuits/bagels for everyone to make up for it

Am I sick?

Yes, but I don’t feel horrible: Work from home

Yes, and I feel like death: Call in sick

No: Go in and bring donuts/biscuits/bagels for everyone to make up for it

Is the late commute going to be abysmal because of traffic incidents?

Yes: Work from home

No: Go in and bring donuts/biscuits/bagels for everyone to make up for it

Do I feel stressed from work lately?

Yes: Call in sick and take a mental health day

No: Go in and bring donuts/biscuits/bagels for everyone to make up for it"

6. To complicated. I would make sure I’m not late so that I wouldn’t have to go through all of this.

"I’d get a demerit which my company takes very seriously

3 demerits and you’ll receive a citation

5 citations and you’re looking at a violation

4 of those and you’ll receive a verbal warning

Keep it up and you’ll receive a written warning

2 of those will land you in a world of hurt in the form of disciplinary review written up by dwight and placed on the desk of his immediate superior"

5. Is it?

"Better to show up late than never"

4. Does anyone understand this point system?

"Nope.

My job has a point based attendance policy. Being late less than 1 hours is half a point, over an hour is 1 point. Calling off is also 1 point. We can call off up to three hours into our shift. After three it is considered a no call no show, which is worth 3 points.

So no, it isn’t worth even going to work by their policy."

3. Probably?

"No.

Flight would be cancelled. And I’d probably be in big trouble."

2. Food is an answer to everything.

"If you’re going to be late, be late enough to bring snacks."

1 .It depends. I just love those straight answers.

"I’ve done both, the first time I was honest, called as soon as I woke up, told my boss I overslept and that I’d be going as soon as possible. Then a few months later, the same happened, it was a Monday morning, called in sick and sat at my couch for the whole day doing absolutely nothing, it was glorious.

It also depends a lot on many different factors, what kind of job it is, how screwed your co-workers could be if you don’t show up (if you care about those things, in my case it doesn’t affect them at all), how your company manages this situations, how many “strikes” you have already and so on.

Bottom line in my personal opinion is that mental health is really important so if you need one day off to recharge your batteries I’d do it, if you’re not going just for the sake of it, also, still valid, but be aware of the possible repercussions it may develop."

What do you think? Share your experiences on being late for work in the comments section.

Damjan