WWYD? Colleague skiving off early.

I used to come in 10 mins late every morning and a colleague tried to grass me up. I had arranged with the owner that I would do this so I wasn't paying for an hours childcare for 10 mins on a morning so I dropped them straight at school and came in 10 mins late - I took 10 mins off my lunch but she never noticed that.

Are they still doing their job well/good enough? If so, I think it's fine. I used to leave about 30-45 min before everyone else, had an agreement with my manager that I'd catch up on emails and any work I could finish from home later in the evening.

Why is it frustrating?

No, me either. Are you a bit under-employed, OP?

Previous colleague asked for a reasonable adjustment to leave work 10 mins earlier in order to catch a bus rather than wait an hour for the next one. Management agreed but so many people complained it was then withdrawn. She left for another job where hopefully people were less judgmental.

This is the sort of thing where if you say anything, you're opening yourself up to having your own actions scrutinised. So I'd leave it.

why is the fact that they work three days a week relevant?

I'd stop acting like a playground monitor and concentrate on my own work.

keep your beak out

I wouldn't worry about 10 min. Other people's work arrangements aren't your concern unless you're their manager or they're affecting your work.

My work is flexible so people do what they need to manage kids and health etc and there's people coming and going all over the place. At the end of the day we all get our work done and communicate with our manager as needed and that's what's important.

Mind your own business you crank.

you don’t know it it’s been approved. And unless it’s affecting your ability to finish at your correct time/ you have to cover her work what is it to you?
Try being less of a miser

I'd mind my own business. Hope that helps.

I used to get annoyed by this sort of thing and it really was not good for me. Then I grew up and I couldn't care less what the other staff are doing, it is none of my business and many people have adjustments put in place that you wouldn't know about. I genuinely don't notice anyone else's work pattern now and I am so much happier for it

Then talk to your boss. Not her

Mention it if it is impacting on you.
Eg them going ten minutes earlier very day means you have to stay beyond the end of your shift to finish bits off they should have done.

I'd mind my own business. She obviously has an arrangement in place with the bosses, so I'd keep my nose out if I were you. Unless her leaving 10 mins early every day is having a dramatic impact on your workload, which somehow I doubt.

First response nailed it.

It's none of your business, stay out of it.

And don't start making passive-aggressive comments or recruiting other members of staff to join in with commenting, ringing the speaking clock, or any of that bullshit because it's not their business either.

Mind your neb.

If I wasn't their manager then I wouldn't be "confronting" them. If it bugged me, then I would raise it with my Manager. The other person may have an agreement to take shorter lunchbreak or perhaps to work shorter hours because of a childcare, public transport or whatever reason and the manager has agreed to this as flexible work request as long as they meet their work deadlines.
I would hate to work somewhere with so much clockwatching.

There is someone in our office who does this. Sometimes up to an hour.
I say nothing, not my business and I’m not covering their workload.
Not my place to raise it and I’ve nothing to gain from doing so.

It would probably annoy me, but for ten minutes, I would just suck it up and hope that you get the same flexibility if you needed to leave a bit early.

As a manager I’ve often approved 10/15min variations either unpaid or taken out of a break. Often it’s the difference between public transport lining up for a nursery pick up, or bus times. Personally I’ve also been in a place where if I duck out 10 mins early I get home 50 minutes earlier due to transport timings and traffic. It would never occur to me to flag it to the rest of the team (though I might offer a curt ‘i can’t discuss flexible working arrangements’ to any busybodies who asked 😂)

If they’re not allowed to do it, management will catch on pretty quickly anyway and many places consider it gross misconduct (and a dismissable offence!) if it’s not agreed, so unless you want that sat on your conscience if you’re ‘right’ I’d just leave it.

One thinks you need to get a grip.

I’ve worked in an office where whenever someone started getting ready to go early, someone would put the speaking clock on speakerphone pretending they were just checking their watch was right.

Needs an office where people get along and muck in though.

Does it impact your work? If not then why are you worrying about it, surely there are bigger issues than someone leaving ten mins early…

If it bothers you all that much then all of you should leave with them. That’ll bring it to the boss’ attention.

Is it impacting on your workload? Do you have to cover her role in those 10 minutes, and is it interfering with your ability to complete your own work? If yes, go to your manager to discuss the impact on you. If no, then just ignore and get over it.
Maybe one day you'll need flexibility for something you don't want to make public (I know there are people who cannot conceive of such a situation, but they do exist).

I couldn't bring myself to give a toss about someone leaving 10 mins early.