What is important ? Reaching office on time or being productive? Of course, if you can achieve both it will be good. Also on the positive side, this inculcates a sense of discipline both to the person and organization.
But is it really required? especially in organizations, where productivity is not measured in terms of quantity, but rather in terms of quality - and wherein timely delivery of results are important - which also demands discipline from the person as well as the organization.
Now coming to the arguments against timely arrival goes like this:
- Can you achieve timely arrival day-in and day-out in a congested, polluted, unreliable public transport system and in a highly unpredictable traffic conditions?
- Can you assure the time it takes to reach point A to point B, through common modes of transport (in any populous city, wherein citizens commute for their work, education etc..) ?
- If you answered yes for the above, can you assure it atleast 95 out of 100 times ? If you still answered yes, then skip to the next point
- Though reaching on time is a very good thing, do you agree that leaving on time, also is a good thing? If you answered yes, continue, else exit (as it gets into the unfair zone!)
Timing is critical in a factory setup, or in a service setup, or wherever quantity is more important and where work is routine and in situations wherein employees have to be present before the customer arrives! Isn't it ?, but can the same be said for places where planning, designing, programming and such creative elements are required ?
Think!
P.S: The above points and situations are purely imaginary! and any resemblance to a person or an organization in real life is purely a coincidence!! :)
