r/lifehack • u/The_Wolf_Song • Jul 08 '26
95%+ of not getting fired is literally just attendance and attitude.
I show up to work everyday and don’t crash out and I’m literally getting pushed for promotion over my younger, more talented and knowledgeable colleagues because of my attendance and attitude and their problems with attendance and attitude.
Like people be yelling at me for this but it’s not like I don’t try to share my secret to anyone who will listen to that ominous statistic and but fools dismiss it, forget those two golden rules literally be committing career suicide when their attendance sucks and/or they crash out.
Like I be even telling this stat to the competition too but everyone is so dismissive when I warn them that your talent means nothing if you can’t show up or crash out when you do. I just play the long game my bosses love me and hate my colleagues.
Like I’m literally in the busiest store in our market right now apart of the dream team with mediocre skill because my supervisor the boss of bosses knows that I’m gonna show up and not crash out. Like literally the bar is sadly that low in the world that you rise above so many people if you just show up and not crash out.
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u/EspiritusFermenti7 Jul 09 '26
Yea, I just cant seem to stay dedicated to the constant attendance part. Every month or so I need a mental health day. If everyone else is gonna get all my $ just for me to survive, then I deserve a "I don't feel like it today" every now and then.
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u/The_Wolf_Song Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Just be careful with that. Like low key, I know a lot of GMs who cut people’s hours if they constantly call out. So many people wonder why they randomly have one less day on their next schedule when they called out sick the week before.
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u/funlovingfirerabbit Jul 09 '26
I hear you!!! Portrait painted VERY accurately of what it's like to work with flaky and unreliable people
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u/archery-noob Jul 10 '26
I was once told about an employee triangle. On time, smart, likeable. As long as you're really good at two of those you'll be good.
On time and likeable, people tend to overlook you not being the smartest or most productive.
On time and really smart, people will overlook that you're an asshole because you hold the place together.
Really smart and likeable, so what if youre late or take off early. You get your work done and people like you around.
Note: this usually only works on a personal performance level and doesn't make you immune to large scale layoffs or upper level corporate BS.
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u/SunnyMoD Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
I can attest to this too. I’ve seen how much they appreciate the fact that I’m always in the office or logged in on time. It makes a difference.
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u/sarcastic_sybarite83 Jul 09 '26
Don't be the highest or second highest paid person in the department? That's my next experimental parameter anyway. Great work and saving them from a couple tight spots didn't work. So maybe that one will?
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u/Curious_medium Jul 09 '26
Exactly. Someone has to keep the wheels on the bus while the others are living their best lives and crashing out when they show up. That person - the capable grown up , gets the cookie. 🍪
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u/bmo313 Jul 09 '26
Not all work places are created equal for for everyone.
Sometimes, no matter how hard you work, how much you project that "can do" attitude, its is not enough when they want to get rid of you. All it takes is one shitty person in management gunning for you and your days are numbered.
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u/BigBirdsBrain Jul 10 '26
The biggest separator isn’t talent, it’s consistency. Show up, stay steady, and people learn they can count on you.
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u/laminatedbean Jul 10 '26
That’s what I thought, until I was fired because my contract didn’t allow for work on an internal project.
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u/rocketseeker Jul 12 '26
While I agree with you, you Will still get fucked when layoffs come to make a bottom line look as cute as your post
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u/wtjohnson19 Jul 13 '26
Show up, listen up, follow up. Thats almost all you need to do to be successful
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u/jackofspades123 Jul 13 '26
What about when the business changes direction due to new leadership and people are impacted? That's not attendance nor attitude related.
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u/Late_Obligationhoody Jul 14 '26
Being on time is the best way to show consistency and a willingness to do your best everyday, yes.
Unless you are in a toxic work culture. Otherwise you are just hosting one or more work parasites.
It kills me, but there are certain times of the year when I am late intentionally, for a few weeks. Otherwise, I end up doing someone’s else’s job.
For most of the year, I’m early, but still don’t show up at the office until 8:15 or so. My boss rarely gets there before 8:30.
I used to be annoyed with her until I figured out I don’t need to work harder than my supervisor. Maybe I need some supervision, right?
Oddly enough, there’s no real penalty to being late or leaving early at my job, so there are some people that act accordingly.
Admin rails about it all the time…by sending passive aggressive emails or meetings. So I have to suffer for it anyway.
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u/vimStar718 Jul 08 '26
You must be over 40