I would love to be on time, wish I had a teleport machine srs
It takes me a while to get ready and my time estimation is bad

My commute is an hour and change away already and no disrespect to my employer but Im not adding an extra 10-15mins by leaving early to beat whatever unexpected traffic when I could use that time to empty my bowels and feel good before starting the day

But your guy is 10mins commute away, he should be able to adjust - keep "coaching" him on that
He has an opportunity to grow with your business but he's late and you can't rely on someone late to open up shop

another note -https://www.rd.com/list/twists-of-fa...es-lives-9-11/
Not that I expect a tragedy to happen everyday but I always keep this in mind when it comes to "being late for work"

You must live in a big city if you think chiptole workers make 14 an hour..i highly doubt it here. But florida is moving to a 15 dollar minimum wage.. so maybe soon

To me, there are a fukload of issues with being late. And its not even solely about the missed production

Say what you want, but i def. Wouldnt put up with it

I also struggle to believe this kid is as good as op says he is. He then constantly demeans him by saying hes only 14/ hr

If its that lowly a wage i dont see how hes irreplaceable

BUT if he were, and he legit brought millions of dollars or something to the business. Then cut his hours

If he has a short amount of time where hes productive why pay for the time hes not showing up?

I think if he were that good op wouldnt even question it and there wouldnt be a thread

I have a dozen employees

My best employees are often late. Honestly the way I look at it is how productive are they in an 8 hour day. If they show up 10 mins late but complete an extra 2-3 hours of work then someone else is it really that big of a deal?

Plus for minimum wage you can't expect a whole lot

Not an employer, but agree with this.

Fact is I'm time blind. It isn't just a going to work thing, I'm time blind going to do things I want to do for myself on my own time.

I'm time blind at work too. Start at 8 AM...working, working, working..."Hey did you take lunch yet?".."no, been busy, why?"..."It's 4 PM, you need to take a lunch".

Not everyday, I do get hungry, but I also can be working on something and trying to complete it before I take a break. And leaving work? Same thing. I'm usually there through closing and most days I just keep working until someone tells me to stop and go home.

Just saying that tardiness doesn't ALWAYS equal disrespect or a lack of work ethic.True story: Been stocking some kind of large/annoying/densely packed merchandise that was stacking up and the GM [my boss's boss] really wanted it done. Came in after a couple of days off and the assistant told me that they had put 4 teenagers on the task and the 4 of them working half a day got less done than I did in one day working alone.

Have a pay review and tell him a raise will be given if he can demonstrate punctuality.

****in lol imagine being disciplined by another man for not following his directions.

JFL at being put on an incentive treadmill

imagine relying on the same man for your money LOL

if you didn't have to, you wouldn't have to

it's terrible if you can't avoid it

Some people are always late no matter what you do. I suggest scheduling him 30 minutes before you actually need him.

Slow to hire quick to fire.

If he is late 6/10 times and he was late the day after you said don’t be late again this won’t end well. If you don’t fire him one day he just won’t show up.

Implement a write up system 3 strikes and out. Make them sign up on the write up sheet each time so they can’t come after you for unlawful termination.

That’s ridiculous. If you can’t count on someone to show up on time you won’t be able to rely on them for anything.

This isn't true, for many years I showed up late to one job and was relied on to get things done. Many such cases.

So what? If Chipotle was better he would have been there already. SO fuk him. Let him go, who gives a fuk? He'll eventually find someone who can show up on time and be a reliable worker.

Nominated for dumbest post of the year.

Have him stay 5-10 minutes later.

But actually 5 minutes grace is allowable for things like meetings and starting work.