co-worker leaving work 15-25 minutes early

[Anonymous]

Ugh. OP is one of those government clock watchers. I should know; I work with plenty of them. It is ingrained that you MUST have your butt in the seat for 8 hours and 45 minutes (hence the 8:32 is leaving "early" - so juvenile). Yet these people are some of the least productive I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just ask yourself, WWDD....What would Dwight Shrudt Do?

This is exactly what I was thinking, when they did the "time thief" episode!

[Anonymous]

And people like you OP wonder why no one wants to hangout with you outside of work or why they don't want your kids anywhere around theirs. Ugh, people like you make me sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. OP is one of those government clock watchers. I should know; I work with plenty of them. It is ingrained that you MUST have your butt in the seat for 8 hours and 45 minutes (hence the 8:32 is leaving "early" - so juvenile). Yet these people are some of the least productive I know.

Yes!!! This exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go around your boss. Talk to your boss ' boss about it. Don't tel your boss you are doing that in case he/she is hiding this person stealing time from the company. I'd also email HR and cc your boss' boss.

Get a clipboard. Start tracking everyones time. Make sure they know you are doing it. Ask them when they got in. If they don't tell you tell them they are required to by law under The Federal Time Permission Statute. Send weekly reports on those cheating the system to HR.

Then report back.

When you see someone come in after you or leave before you, make sure you chuckle and say "working a half day today Sandra?"

Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. OP is one of those government clock watchers. I should know; I work with plenty of them. It is ingrained that you MUST have your butt in the seat for 8 hours and 45 minutes (hence the 8:32 is leaving "early" - so juvenile). Yet these people are some of the least productive I know.

Yes!!! This exactly.

Bc they are too busy keeping track of everyone's time. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go around your boss. Talk to your boss ' boss about it. Don't tel your boss you are doing that in case he/she is hiding this person stealing time from the company. I'd also email HR and cc your boss' boss.

Get a clipboard. Start tracking everyones time. Make sure they know you are doing it. Ask them when they got in. If they don't tell you tell them they are required to by law under The Federal Time Permission Statute. Send weekly reports on those cheating the system to HR.

Then report back.

When you see someone come in after you or leave before you, make sure you chuckle and say "working a half day today Sandra?"

No, seriously, don't do that. You will quickly become the least liked person in the office. Unless you are one already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go around your boss. Talk to your boss ' boss about it. Don't tel your boss you are doing that in case he/she is hiding this person stealing time from the company. I'd also email HR and cc your boss' boss.

Get a clipboard. Start tracking everyones time. Make sure they know you are doing it. Ask them when they got in. If they don't tell you tell them they are required to by law under The Federal Time Permission Statute. Send weekly reports on those cheating the system to HR.

Then report back.

When you see someone come in after you or leave before you, make sure you chuckle and say "working a half day today Sandra?"

No, seriously, don't do that. You will quickly become the least liked person in the office. Unless you are one already.

Oh, I promise you OP is despised already.

[Anonymous]

Pretty clear that most of the posters on this thread are self-absorbed time thiefs. I would mention it nonchalantly to your boss, OP. These are the people who "say" they put in 8 hours of work and "get all of their work done", but oddly enough are also the ones that have to leave early to pick up their kids, are late because they get stuck in the same traffic every day, take 2 hours lunches, don't finish projects on time, etc. Just because you feel you are justified and in the majority these days doesn't make it right. You don't get paid to come and go when you feel like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty clear that most of the posters on this thread are self-absorbed time thiefs. I would mention it nonchalantly to your boss, OP. These are the people who "say" they put in 8 hours of work and "get all of their work done", but oddly enough are also the ones that have to leave early to pick up their kids, are late because they get stuck in the same traffic every day, take 2 hours lunches, don't finish projects on time, etc. Just because you feel you are justified and in the majority these days doesn't make it right. You don't get paid to come and go when you feel like it.

Yes, I do actually. As long as my work is done, which it is.

[Anonymous]

I'm kind of Team OP here. Not that she think she needs to say anything at this point, but if someone is being allowed to work an alternative schedule, it needs to be an option for other employees (those doing the same or similar job). I am a hiring manager, so maybe I see things from a different perspective.

[Anonymous]

^ not that I think...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of Team OP here. Not that she think she needs to say anything at this point, but if someone is being allowed to work an alternative schedule, it needs to be an option for other employees (those doing the same or similar job). I am a hiring manager, so maybe I see things from a different perspective.

Op never said it wasn't an option. Plus what they describe is barely an alternative work schedule. Other person may also have negotiated it upfront. They may also be in materially different roles, or be different seniority or have very different performance characteristics.

[Anonymous]

I assume OP is spoofing the teleworking thread from a week or two ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty clear that most of the posters on this thread are self-absorbed time thieves. I would mention it nonchalantly to your boss, OP. These are the people who "say" they put in 8 hours of work and "get all of their work done", but oddly enough are also the ones that have to leave early to pick up their kids, are late because they get stuck in the same traffic every day, take 2 hours lunches, don't finish projects on time, etc. Just because you feel you are justified and in the majority these days doesn't make it right. You don't get paid to come and go when you feel like it.

Word. Rules apply to "others" but not "them."