5 is true. But on time? We are the generation that shows up a half hour early everywhere we go. That’s what we learned to do. That’s why employers like us.
Amen. For me on the job I'd get there about an hour early. Time to get the days work schedule planned an laid out as I was the boss and it also gave me time get me a pot of coffee and wake up and read my daily newspaper to get me current on what was happening around the world (this was before the advent of the desktop computer) and neighborhood and it gave me opportunities to discuss it with my fellow supervisors and with my supervisor. He liked it when we would stay current on what was going on. Just saying, the early bird always got the worm I was always told.
Yes and yes!
Why use a watch if you can’t be on time? In my 37 years working 7:30AM to 5PM I was late to work may be 3 times. It snows in Chicago, a lot!
Employers like us because we show up at all, not just early.
When my son was in college, about 10 years ago, he had a conversation with a woman who was a manager at a local department store.
She said that anyone who had the work ethic to show up on time and at all, and not just take the day off without notice just because they felt like it, had a great future in the company.
These kids showed up only if they felt like it when they felt like it. No sense of obligation to someone who is depending on you and what you are doing to them when you abdicate your responsibilities.