Maya replied, "Then why does our policy say I have to?"
Attendance management is not a math problem. It’s a trust problem disguised as a control problem. The best HR systems don’t track minutes. They track exceptions and patterns . They give managers the freedom to ask, "Is this person delivering value?" before asking, "Were they at their desk at 8:01?"
Maya realized the problem wasn't attendance. The problem was measuring the wrong thing . attendance management hr
The CFO hated it. "People will abuse trust."
Dan wasn't late. He was leading.
She terminated him. Not for being late. For lying about the code.
Tom shrugged. "Rules are rules."
Dan’s manager, Tom, came to Maya’s office. "You can’t write Dan up. He’s the backbone of the floor."
One employee did abuse it. A junior accountant used T (traffic) ten times in a month. Maya pulled his badge swipes. He was actually arriving 45 minutes late and leaving 45 minutes early. Maya replied, "Then why does our policy say I have to
Punish patterns of dishonesty, not minutes of lateness.
No policy catches that. But managers paying attention? They do. They track exceptions and patterns