Here’s the key question. What are the employee’s normal work hours?
If an employee is supposed to report to work at 9 AM (and that seems to be the case here) then absent a true emergency the employer should not be scheduling an 8 AM meeting.
Folks might have workout classes. More importantly, they might have to drop off kids at school or wait for a babysitter. So I’m kinda on the employee’s side here.
The last time I worked for a company was as a repair plumber, my rule was no work on Thursday because my drinking club met on Wednesday nights and no calls scheduled before 11:00 am or after 2:00pm any day of the week, although if it was really important I could do it, also Friday was when I would come to the shop and turn in my paperwork and customer checks.
Guess who was the most profitable plumber in the shop?
The flip side is this was a quarterly meeting scheduled for 8 am, and the employee knew of this quarterly meeting when hired.
I'm still on the side of management here, but I'm not as outraged as I first was. But as an employee, you do have to understand that you occasionally need to be flexible with your work hours and some sacrifice is necessary. Especially if it is a quarterly meeting that you can schedule around months in advance.
Curb with a box, is the kindest thing you can do for these self absorbed idiots. Might as well give them a free lesson on workplace expectations to help them prepare for their next daycare provider employer.
Who schedules 8AM meeting? I mean I’m in work by 7:30 but I’d still hate on somebody that scheduled a meeting at 8. Sounds like a good place to not work at anymore.
The tradition at my employer is to not schedule 8am meetings anyway. Too much chance for someone to be late due to circumstances beyond their control. traffic etc.
That said, it’s pretty hard to skip a mandatory meeting.
As far as hours, I spent much of today planning business travel for the next few weeks. While I do try to make up the days, I’m working something like 15 weekend days by April.
This was a salaried employee so you’re not necessarily working fixed hours all the time, you’re supposed to be available for work as needed. And you aren’t entitled to get paid for an extra hour either. Same as if you leave early they don’t dock your pay for that time either. That’s how being a salaried employee works.
That's why old-time Boomers like me are asked to stay a few more years - companies know these young kids just can't answer the bell day after day.
Not enough info to make an informed opinion.
Far too many variables to get amped up and go jumping in.
My mom is 10 hours away in Asheville in assisted living. I drove 10 hours to see her recently & ended up staying 16 days in a hotel. It the same one I’ve been staying at for 2 years now. I’ve gotten to know the desk clerks really well. I was talking to one of them & they said, without a doubt, gen z were the absolute worst guests. She said they were rude, expected everything, & had an air of being above it all.
It really depends if they are salaried (and career track) or not.
The guy is just showing how he treats the job. I’ve had similar employees who would always be gone at 4:59 PM, even if we had a project holding us over, etc...
Those folks never lasted anyway, didn’t get bonuses, etc...
Regarding hourly hires - my friend runs a restaurant and always has to negotiate hours with his staff, particularly if he’s got a party-banquet which doesn’t always occur in hours staff usually are available.
LOL!! I am SOOOOO old.
“Who do you think is right”??? Why is that even a question!!
Fire the entitled POS...
GenZ’ workout class can take place some time outside work hours.
Yeah that’s about as interesting as getting gum on my shoe.
I always hated 8:00am meetings and I’m sure when the boss called them they had some ulterior motives.
I wasn’t that stupid though.
Say whut?
I’m assuming the regular work day doesn’t start that “early”.
This is the generation some here expect to fight their CW2, lol!
Need more info. Need more context. Need more knowledge about the type of position and generally how they handle work hours.
Not your fault, it’s typical crap journalism.
“A Gen Z employee has sparked furious debate after telling their boss that they couldn’t attend an 8 a.m. meeting because they had a ‘workout class.’”
“... a listener claiming their Gen Z employer refused to attend an 8 a.m. meeting because it conflicted with their ‘workout class.’”
I guess whoever proofread this article is a Gen Z employee.