Dear Freinds,

Offlate, there is been interesting round of discussions going on Late Coming policy. Different organisationa have different policies to tackle late coming...but I was just wondering whether should be really bothered by late coming...e.g. In my organisation, no body would ask me whether I come late or early and when do I go....as long as I complete my assignment and the task allocated to me...I am free to choose flexi workings.

Please share with me your experience in this context...do we really need a disciplined timiings or flexi working schedules?

regards,

Mehul

Hi,

This is a very interesting question we have at hand. In my mind it all boils down to whether it is a production environment or not. We obviously cannot have flexi timing when an employee has to report for duty in a particular shift, unless ofcourse they swap their shifts.

However, for the most part, employees respond better when given freedom to inculcate a work-life balance in their routine. I feel that the moment one starts harping on "in-time", the employee will respond with a focus on "out-time" as well. This breeds a culture akin to some government offices which is not very conducive to growth.

Two thoughts I'd like to leave us with are:

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.  - C. Wright Mills:

Freedom is not free - Shiv Khera

Regards,

Kiran Pereira

there are organisations believe in maintaing the office decorm by the way of reporting work on time as per schedule, these may not be inline with the late sittings. the culture should be created where everyone is aligning them selves to the organisation code & conduct. there cannot be two policy for two different levels in the same company. the policy should be followed by everyone in the organisation.