Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 10:02     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
FYI - I’m OP. The person who wrote that weird message with times is a troll.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2026 14:23     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trouble with last month minute is I have a last minute Charlie who works for me. He does that crazy 8am to 430 pm thing (30 minute) lunch but when he submits thing at deadline. I work like a normal person to 5pm I always give it a Quick Look. Make sure no glaring errors and if so kick it back and he is gone. Then by Monday it is three days old already. I don’t get the strategy.

He literally addressed his last one to a dead person who died three years ago as he somehow got name off old docs.

My old company we used tools and system locked it after due date from being uploaded without it impacting your NPS (net promoter score) tied to bonus. Your boss could kick it back till 12 midnight for corrections.

I stink bombed this guy once at 11:59.59 pm his crap back. Got sick of him putting crap in at deadline.



So make the deadline Thursday. You know his schedule. If a project requires review and extra work, you need to build that in. If you want it ready to go Monday, his deadline is Thursday. If you need it Friday, his deadline is Wednesday. This is entirely on you for not managing time properly. The employee is doing as asked.


You are so funny. I tried it and it was just ping pong till he cut off. I am going to PIP him. But here is his in person schedule, no clue what he does at home.
8am turns PC on while standing up with coat on. Then takes off coat, goes to bathroom, puts lunch in fridge gets cup of coffee then back to actually start work at 815 am .
1245 pm go bathroom, get lunch, go back to desk "log off at 1pm for 30 minute lunch back at desk at 1:30pm
230pm to 245 pm take an imaginary 15 minute breaks as some very old HR handnbook references a break time allowed.
415 pm, go to bathroom, pack up lunch bag, put on coat go back to desk at 430 pm log off.

he is only at work for 7 hours in person. And it is all the absolute min reading every HR reg.

I think last minute people are like this guy. They submit last minute at deadline as they know boss is then forced to fix their mistakes. Sadly most bosses do it which is why they keep doing it.





If this is how you communicate at work, no wonder you have issues with your employees.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2026 13:58     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trouble with last month minute is I have a last minute Charlie who works for me. He does that crazy 8am to 430 pm thing (30 minute) lunch but when he submits thing at deadline. I work like a normal person to 5pm I always give it a Quick Look. Make sure no glaring errors and if so kick it back and he is gone. Then by Monday it is three days old already. I don’t get the strategy.

He literally addressed his last one to a dead person who died three years ago as he somehow got name off old docs.

My old company we used tools and system locked it after due date from being uploaded without it impacting your NPS (net promoter score) tied to bonus. Your boss could kick it back till 12 midnight for corrections.

I stink bombed this guy once at 11:59.59 pm his crap back. Got sick of him putting crap in at deadline.



So make the deadline Thursday. You know his schedule. If a project requires review and extra work, you need to build that in. If you want it ready to go Monday, his deadline is Thursday. If you need it Friday, his deadline is Wednesday. This is entirely on you for not managing time properly. The employee is doing as asked.


You are so funny. I tried it and it was just ping pong till he cut off. I am going to PIP him. But here is his in person schedule, no clue what he does at home.
8am turns PC on while standing up with coat on. Then takes off coat, goes to bathroom, puts lunch in fridge gets cup of coffee then back to actually start work at 815 am .
1245 pm go bathroom, get lunch, go back to desk "log off at 1pm for 30 minute lunch back at desk at 1:30pm
230pm to 245 pm take an imaginary 15 minute breaks as some very old HR handnbook references a break time allowed.
415 pm, go to bathroom, pack up lunch bag, put on coat go back to desk at 430 pm log off.

he is only at work for 7 hours in person. And it is all the absolute min reading every HR reg.

I think last minute people are like this guy. They submit last minute at deadline as they know boss is then forced to fix their mistakes. Sadly most bosses do it which is why they keep doing it.





Sounds like you have a lot of other issues with this guy for whatever reason. The deadline issue is on you though. If it's something that will need further revision then that needs to be built into the process. If you are only giving the final product deadline date, knowing there will very likely need to be revisions, then you are not doing a great job as a manager. Build in the correct time for the different stages of the task.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2026 10:20     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trouble with last month minute is I have a last minute Charlie who works for me. He does that crazy 8am to 430 pm thing (30 minute) lunch but when he submits thing at deadline. I work like a normal person to 5pm I always give it a Quick Look. Make sure no glaring errors and if so kick it back and he is gone. Then by Monday it is three days old already. I don’t get the strategy.

He literally addressed his last one to a dead person who died three years ago as he somehow got name off old docs.

My old company we used tools and system locked it after due date from being uploaded without it impacting your NPS (net promoter score) tied to bonus. Your boss could kick it back till 12 midnight for corrections.

I stink bombed this guy once at 11:59.59 pm his crap back. Got sick of him putting crap in at deadline.



So make the deadline Thursday. You know his schedule. If a project requires review and extra work, you need to build that in. If you want it ready to go Monday, his deadline is Thursday. If you need it Friday, his deadline is Wednesday. This is entirely on you for not managing time properly. The employee is doing as asked.


You are so funny. I tried it and it was just ping pong till he cut off. I am going to PIP him. But here is his in person schedule, no clue what he does at home.
8am turns PC on while standing up with coat on. Then takes off coat, goes to bathroom, puts lunch in fridge gets cup of coffee then back to actually start work at 815 am .
1245 pm go bathroom, get lunch, go back to desk "log off at 1pm for 30 minute lunch back at desk at 1:30pm
230pm to 245 pm take an imaginary 15 minute breaks as some very old HR handnbook references a break time allowed.
415 pm, go to bathroom, pack up lunch bag, put on coat go back to desk at 430 pm log off.

he is only at work for 7 hours in person. And it is all the absolute min reading every HR reg.

I think last minute people are like this guy. They submit last minute at deadline as they know boss is then forced to fix their mistakes. Sadly most bosses do it which is why they keep doing it.





You seem like a miserable person to work for. Who cares when he uses the bathroom? His job is to turn in work at a specific deadline. Your job is to adequately communicate the project needs and provide an accurate deadline. Neither of you seems like someone Id want on my team!
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 21:14     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Always after the deadline to prove that it really wasn't as import as they made it out to be.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 16:23     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trouble with last month minute is I have a last minute Charlie who works for me. He does that crazy 8am to 430 pm thing (30 minute) lunch but when he submits thing at deadline. I work like a normal person to 5pm I always give it a Quick Look. Make sure no glaring errors and if so kick it back and he is gone. Then by Monday it is three days old already. I don’t get the strategy.

He literally addressed his last one to a dead person who died three years ago as he somehow got name off old docs.

My old company we used tools and system locked it after due date from being uploaded without it impacting your NPS (net promoter score) tied to bonus. Your boss could kick it back till 12 midnight for corrections.

I stink bombed this guy once at 11:59.59 pm his crap back. Got sick of him putting crap in at deadline.



So make the deadline Thursday. You know his schedule. If a project requires review and extra work, you need to build that in. If you want it ready to go Monday, his deadline is Thursday. If you need it Friday, his deadline is Wednesday. This is entirely on you for not managing time properly. The employee is doing as asked.


You are so funny. I tried it and it was just ping pong till he cut off. I am going to PIP him. But here is his in person schedule, no clue what he does at home.
8am turns PC on while standing up with coat on. Then takes off coat, goes to bathroom, puts lunch in fridge gets cup of coffee then back to actually start work at 815 am .
1245 pm go bathroom, get lunch, go back to desk "log off at 1pm for 30 minute lunch back at desk at 1:30pm
230pm to 245 pm take an imaginary 15 minute breaks as some very old HR handnbook references a break time allowed.
415 pm, go to bathroom, pack up lunch bag, put on coat go back to desk at 430 pm log off.

he is only at work for 7 hours in person. And it is all the absolute min reading every HR reg.

I think last minute people are like this guy. They submit last minute at deadline as they know boss is then forced to fix their mistakes. Sadly most bosses do it which is why they keep doing it.



Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 14:20     Subject: Re:Sanity check - work deadlines
IME supervisors have a different view on deadlines than employees sometimes. Some supervisors believe getting things done by the deadline is late and employees believe that the deadline is when it's due. If you are a supervisor, you need to be clear about your expectations.

As far as what I do, I always get things in early. That way if there is a screw up by the people after me on a project, it still gets done on time. The only time I work up to a deadline is if my plate is too full to do otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 14:00     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Anonymous wrote:Trouble with last month minute is I have a last minute Charlie who works for me. He does that crazy 8am to 430 pm thing (30 minute) lunch but when he submits thing at deadline. I work like a normal person to 5pm I always give it a Quick Look. Make sure no glaring errors and if so kick it back and he is gone. Then by Monday it is three days old already. I don’t get the strategy.

He literally addressed his last one to a dead person who died three years ago as he somehow got name off old docs.

My old company we used tools and system locked it after due date from being uploaded without it impacting your NPS (net promoter score) tied to bonus. Your boss could kick it back till 12 midnight for corrections.

I stink bombed this guy once at 11:59.59 pm his crap back. Got sick of him putting crap in at deadline.



So make the deadline Thursday. You know his schedule. If a project requires review and extra work, you need to build that in. If you want it ready to go Monday, his deadline is Thursday. If you need it Friday, his deadline is Wednesday. This is entirely on you for not managing time properly. The employee is doing as asked.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 13:05     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Anonymous wrote:Trouble with last month minute is I have a last minute Charlie who works for me. He does that crazy 8am to 430 pm thing (30 minute) lunch but when he submits thing at deadline. I work like a normal person to 5pm I always give it a Quick Look. Make sure no glaring errors and if so kick it back and he is gone. Then by Monday it is three days old already. I don’t get the strategy.

If you know that you need to review his work immediately, make the deadline at a time when you know you'll have time left in your workday to review it. If you need him to be available after your review, make the deadline yet earlier so that there will be time within his normal working hours (and don't authorize any requests to leave early on those days). I'm sure his current behavior is very annoying, but this aspect is on you to fix.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2026 19:11     Subject: Sanity check - work deadlines
Anonymous wrote:When you have a deadline, do you typically hand projects in right at deadline (for example, at 5pm the day it’s due), or do you consider it best practice to hand it in earlier in the day, or if possible, even earlier than that if you had plenty of time to work on it well before deadline? Trying to determine whether my expectations at work are reasonable. Thanks.


At my firm, it’s expected to hand in the work ASAP - even if it’s “known” that it won’t be looked at for a few days. You never know when someone’s schedule will free up to review/complete/advance that assignment early so it’s best to keep things off your plate.

If you don’t hand it in early, there’s no negative repercussion but the entire work stream/project is completed more efficiently when work is consistently done “ahead of deadline”.