Anonymous wrote:The responses are all rather fascinating to me. In my office (and most of the industry, frankly), the conversation would go something like this: "Susan. Please stop showing up late. The hours are 7:00 to 3:00, be on time."

It's not very touchy-feely here, largely because it is completely male dominated. I think that anytime you have more women, it creates a gentler environment. (And most of the men are former military, too.)

Send an email to all 10 of your subordinates reminding them that need to arrive on time.

Anonymous wrote:" End it by stating when things will resume normal pace - expected to last 6 weeks, 3 months, etc... "

No - that gives the slackers permission to screw up again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But this woman is an attorney. She should be capable of determining her work hours. She's not an emergency room physician. She's not a teacher. She's not making widgets. She's an attorney.

This is a person who Flexiglide was designed for. She comes in sometime between 7 and 9:30 a.m. She works eight hours. She leaves. And guess what? She's MORE productive. It's just that crazy, people. But it works. When you let people come in at 8 one day, 8:30 the next, 9:15 the next day, they are actually MORE efficient, not less efficient, because, ya know, it's their life. It's their work. They can go to the doctor in the morning, pick up their dry cleaning, whatever, they don't have to sweat these details. They are not 4th graders. They can deal with it. And you don't have to spend half your day on administrivia like who is thirty minutes late.

I've worked for two federal agencies. One had flexiglide, one didn't. The agency with flexiglide was about fifty times more efficient, and the managers had a lot more time to deal with WORK. Work, yeah, work. Not petty administrative bullshit like who is ten minutes late.

The person in question is not an attorney. She is a legal assistant.

Oh well that's a huuuuuuuuuuuge difference then.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But this woman is an attorney. She should be capable of determining her work hours. She's not an emergency room physician. She's not a teacher. She's not making widgets. She's an attorney.

This is a person who Flexiglide was designed for. She comes in sometime between 7 and 9:30 a.m. She works eight hours. She leaves. And guess what? She's MORE productive. It's just that crazy, people. But it works. When you let people come in at 8 one day, 8:30 the next, 9:15 the next day, they are actually MORE efficient, not less efficient, because, ya know, it's their life. It's their work. They can go to the doctor in the morning, pick up their dry cleaning, whatever, they don't have to sweat these details. They are not 4th graders. They can deal with it. And you don't have to spend half your day on administrivia like who is thirty minutes late.

I've worked for two federal agencies. One had flexiglide, one didn't. The agency with flexiglide was about fifty times more efficient, and the managers had a lot more time to deal with WORK. Work, yeah, work. Not petty administrative bullshit like who is ten minutes late.

The person in question is not an attorney. She is a legal assistant.

Anonymous wrote:But this woman is an attorney. She should be capable of determining her work hours. She's not an emergency room physician. She's not a teacher. She's not making widgets. She's an attorney.

This is a person who Flexiglide was designed for. She comes in sometime between 7 and 9:30 a.m. She works eight hours. She leaves. And guess what? She's MORE productive. It's just that crazy, people. But it works. When you let people come in at 8 one day, 8:30 the next, 9:15 the next day, they are actually MORE efficient, not less efficient, because, ya know, it's their life. It's their work. They can go to the doctor in the morning, pick up their dry cleaning, whatever, they don't have to sweat these details. They are not 4th graders. They can deal with it. And you don't have to spend half your day on administrivia like who is thirty minutes late.

I've worked for two federal agencies. One had flexiglide, one didn't. The agency with flexiglide was about fifty times more efficient, and the managers had a lot more time to deal with WORK. Work, yeah, work. Not petty administrative bullshit like who is ten minutes late.