Repeated tardiness can cause a lot of issues for the unit but it more than likely can severely impact the soldier making the offense. Leaders may choose to annotate events of tardiness in the service members counseling packet. If the soldier has received enough counseling’s, or if a single event is severe, then the leader can push for administrative action such as filing for an Article 15. A soldier who is late can be charged with violation to multiple punitive articles prescribed in the UCMJ:…
We all rely on each other and lateness causes inefficiency in all areas. If you are genuinely delayed, please let other parties know as soon as…
Punctuality is a very important thing in life. Getting to work on time when you are supposed to, is punctuality. Showing up for a meeting on time is punctuality. Showing up for an appointment on time is punctuality. It is very important to make it on time for work, meetings, formations (ten minutes prior), and appointments. Appointments in this case, are very important to make it to on time. It is best to show up for appointments early. If you leave home early to get to your appointment, it is much less likely you will be held up and become late by traffic or any accidents you may come upon as you drive to your appointment. Missing appointments lets several people down. There are people expecting to see you, you are letting them down. There are people that need to be seen by the people you made an appointment with, you are letting them down by taking up valuable time from a dentist, doctor, optometrist, etc. when they could be there instead of you and having things they need taken care of. In the military, not showing up for an appointment is also letting down your squad leader, your unit, and the whole military organization. It can cost the Army a lot of money to schedule an appointment for you and then have you not show up for it. By missing an appointment, you also show that you lack discipline and responsibility. It does not look good to your leaders and makes it seem like you can not be trusted with simple tasks. Punctuality is a big part of impression and it is very important to make a good impression. When you lack punctuality, it sets a bad example to others, friends, family, as well as other soldiers. If you were not taught in civilian life or learned through having a job, in basic combat training in the military you are certainly taught to show up early and be on time for formations and that should carry over to other aspects of your life, such as appointments. Missing appointments takes away from everyone's very valuable time. There is not excuse for…
Scheduling the work day is one of the most important duties any leader in the Marine Corps or the Armed forces in general, tackles each and every day. Being at the right place at the right time for any member of the Armed forces is extremely essential to the defense of the entire United States of America. It's because of this that being on time is remarkably important. Dependability, accountability, consistency and discipline are all crucially important for all members of the armed forces. Being on time shows that a Marine is dependable and has his or her priorities straight. Being at the appointed place of duty means to be there on time and has always been one of the most important aspects of being a Marine. Failure to be on time not only hinders mission ready capability and readiness, but also can without a doubt cost unnecessary loss of life.…
Being late can show lack of professionalism in your work place. When your higher up sees that you are a professional, and care about the duty given to you, more respect will be shown. It should be a high propriety to get your higher ups to look at you as a professional because this can help you down the road. Punctuality has been and always will be a vital aspect of military discipline. A soldier who is late or does not report at all to a place at the time ordered can hinder the efficiency of a task or mission. Being late can cause adverse actions to be taken. Adverse actions can range from a counseling to an Article 15. These can hurt not only your place of duty but also your home life. Some thing so simple as being on time can cause so much more damage than needed.…
The number one reason people are fired from their jobs is due to being absent or tardy repeatedly. In my experience as a store manager of a retail business, being absent or tardy not only shows lack of effort it shows lack of dedication to the job. The saying time is money is not far off from the truth. When someone calls in sick or is late to their shift, customers, deadlines, and other employees affected by not having enough employees to get the job done in a timely fashion. These effects can also cost the company revenue that could have otherwise been generated by sales in retail businesses.…
First off, scheduling work is a very important duty of any leader in the Army or the Armed Forces to tackle every day. Being at the right place at the right time for any member of the army is extremely essential to the defense of the entire United States of America. Dependability, accountability, consistency and discipline are all crucially related to being on time. In addition, promptness also shows that the individual Soldier has their priorities straight. However, being where one needs to be at the appointed time will always be one of the most important aspects of being a Soldier. This is why failure to be on time not only severely hinders mission capability and readiness, but also can cost unnecessary death.…
When ever you show up late to some thing it shows that you have no discipline or respect for any one else because now every one has to wait for you to arrive instead of starting on time or possibly earlier. If you constantly show up late it ends up becoming a habit and you will always be late for everything.…
Leigh, J. P., & Lust, J. (2008). Determinants of employee Tardiness. Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 15(1), 78-95.…
Punctuality shows that you are responsible, trustworthy and can follow directions. Punctuality isn't just an order that the Army requires, but also a good personal trait that is a reflection of a person’s character, it shows that you have personal integrity and self-discipline. While some of us are occasionally late due to circumstances beyond our control, habitual tardiness shows a lack of respect for other people and their time. If someone is late continually that shows that they more then likely do not care about what their NCO tells them. Time is a precious gem that should not be wasted at any cost. If you don't use your time wisely, you can never get it back. It is a very special resource in that you cannot store it or save it for later. Promptness is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners, it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness. Lack of punctuality is a theft of someone else's time and a complete lack of respect for others. You should be punctual in everything you do. Punctuality goes hand in hand with military discipline. Recruits are taught to obey, immediately and without question, orders from their superiors, right from the day one of boot camp. Military discipline and effectiveness is built on the foundation of obedience to orders. This is why we are supposed work so well as a team. By following orders from the more…
Tardiness can never do well to us and it may lead to things we are not hoping for. Habitual…
Blau, G. (1994). Developing and testing a taxonomy of lateness behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 79, 95970.…
While many of us are occasionally late due to circumstances beyond our control, habitual tardiness connotes a lack of respect for other people and their time. Time is a precious gem that can not be wasted at any cost." is a very special resource in that you cannot store it or save it for later.…
The reasons for being late at work are many and some of them are really very funny. One of the most common issues is of public transport and traffic. Other reasons are lack of sleep, dealing with the pets, unexpected guests at wrong time, getting the kids ready for the school, personal sickness, and so on and so forth. Some outrageous excuses for getting late are taking a shower again after getting stuck in a spider web, another is car keys hidden by the husband. Some say that they had to take a long route because the car's left indicator was broken and they had to take all right turns to reach office. Many known companies conducted a survey in their own firms to check the rate of tardiness and observed that it has increased by almost one…
As a Human Resource professional, I have dealt with plethora of employee issues: sleeping on the job, theft, sexual harassment… but I’ve found over the years, there’s one issue that plagues managers more than all these other issues combined… attendance and punctuality. That is, people not showing up at all… people not showing up on time.…