Punctuality | Worker sacked for turning up late for first time - here's some fairer solutions

Punctuality should always be expected of employees, but one boss’s extreme approach to punishing a late arrival has gone viral.

According to a Reddit post, a worker was allegedly sacked for turning up to work 20 minutes late, despite it being the first time ever being late in their seven years at the firm.

Details of the incident were shared by a colleague of the sacked worker, who explained in the popular reddit thread Anti-work: "He was fired for reaching just 20 minutes late”.

Further details of the firing were scant, but a later update from the employee claimed that several members of the workforce planned to show up for work late every day in protest, until the sacked colleague was given their job back.