We spend a great deal of our time at work… if you deduct the amount of time we spend sleeping (which may not be a lot for some of us), we probably spend a lot more of our “awake” time at work..
So, its quite reasonable to say, that sometimes things happening at home, or just in general, that our personal life overlaps with stuff at work. We tend to make acquaintances/friends at work who we confide in about general matters at home… some people are more of besties at work rather than colleagues..
Having said all that… if certain parts of our home life starts affecting our work like… not just once or twice.. but very much on a daily basis, to a point that we start pissing everyone off… should the behavour be excused? or is it dependant on the size of the problem.. or the person?
so lets say, you have employee 1: this person doesnt make many mistakes… is a very punctual person… on top of most things, most times. This person may be going through some personal stuff at home which may affect a day or two… or even a weeks worth of work.
employee 2: is mostly late.. to start the day.. to meetings.. is not very punctual with work and so on. Pisses people off on a day to day basis. Now this person, goes through something tragic at home… and goes on leave. The person has pissed off someone majorly while being absent.
Which person is likely to be excused or should either one be excused/not excused?
I know someone (employee 2), and the person made someone quite angry this morning. And someone else was justifying the mistake in employee 2’s absence.. but should it be justified? I dunno