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that depends on where you work. at some places 3 late clock ins, can be a fireable offense. in the world of contracting its usually not a big deal.
Fired is better than dead or alive but responsible for a family's death
for most Americans, fired also just means you've probably just become responsible for your own family's ruin. for most of our working poor, being more than 10 minutes late is a quick route to eviction and years of more crippling debt for them and whoever else might be at home with them, which could well immediately destroy other's major life plans like college for kids, moving somewhere cheaper, eldercare, even medical treatments or medication, etc.
this doesn't make driving like this less dangerous or inadvisable, of course, but the folks saying what you're saying should be aware that for a lot of folks, the certain risk of the firing is often similarly dire to the uncertain risk of driving like this.
if you knew your partner on your work health plan was going to suffer or die without continued treatment if you're ever more than 10 minutes late to work, you'd probably consider driving like this too when you overslept because you're sick or something. it only takes one little slip-up.
Then it’s not a place worth working at
Another option is leaving earlier. Don't drive a car you can't see out of.
Right? Am I taking crazy pills here or is Lemmy so cringe we are literally at "capitalism is when not looking at the weather and leaving for work with 60s to spare."
While there is certainly a lot of criticism of capitalism here, I don't think this particular thread is among them, to be honest.
Fortunately, I'm in a leadership position at my workplace, and I say it's ok no matter what! No matter what happens because of lateness is not worth someone potentially hurting themselves or others.
I mean then don't get yourself into a situation where spending a minute cleaning the windshield will make or break you. Any nontrivial commute has that much variance in it anyway, so if you are routinely cutting it close, three late clock ins seems inevitable.