DD’s work has clocks 4 mins slow misses the bus

[nicjoo]

My DD started work 3 weeks ago. She and other new starters have noticed that the clocks are 4 mins slow. This is confirmed by various phones. They use computers but no idea how they made clocks slow on that. These are the clocks they adhere to when logging on and off systems A few colleagues and herself have missed the bus. It’s not nice to stand outside in this weather for 25 minutes. Plus beggars

What do the employer want to achieve from slow clocks?

Let’s say the finish time is 5pm, but the clock is 4 minutes slow so the real finish time is 5.04pm. For the DD to miss her bus it would mean that the bus stop is less than 4 minutes away from where she works and the bus arrives before 5.04. I have never know buses to arrive at exactly the time stated on the timetable especially at rush hour. Sometimes they arrive early, sometimes late. If my working day finished at 5pm I would not expect to catch a bus 4 minutes later unless the bus stop was no more than 2 strides away from the office door! I would plan to get the next bus as I know I would definitely be able to catch it.

If there is only a 4 minute tolerance between catching the bus or missing the bus I would suggest that that particular bus is not the one to aim for anyway but aik to catch the one 25 minutes later. 4 minutes is nothing, even if clocks showed the right time they may still miss it by the time they've got outside.

This is the weirdest take on ‘leaving 4 mins late means we miss the bus’ possible.

Can reset the clock in system (you tube will show you how) but it may require admin permissions.

This is a very minor thing that is for your DD to sort out with her employer. Are you actually using up headspace worrying about this when everyone involved are adults?

Theoretically, that is of course true; but in reality, a lot of people will get in 5 or 10 minutes early - especially if they're working to actual time as shown on their phones or watches rather than the delayed work time-zone.

Also many bosses are hypocritical in that they expect people to get in early to be 'ready to start work on time'; but then, at the end of the day, they never seem quite as keen for people to knock off a few minutes early so as to be 'ready to leave on time'.

Can you not just work to the actual time and, if the bosses protest, show them the evidence on your phones of what the actual time is?

Surely they can hardly insist in this day and age that you work to the times on the work clocks, if those times are provably wrong?

What if they bought/deliberately had made a load of calendars that were one day out from reality? Would they still insist that everybody came in every Saturday (because they call it 'Friday') and nobody worked Mondays, because, as far as they're concerned, it's actually still Sunday?!

Get the next bus ?

She should talk to her line manager about the time discrepancy.

She could also ask if she could change her hours by 5 mins.

They are doing, but it's half an hour later, which is why they're wasting 25 mins stood outside waiting, when if the clock was correct and they left on time, they'd catch the earlier bus.

OP, it doesn't seem clear whether or not they've mentioned this to their employer, who may not realise that the clocks are slow and there's a knock on effect - seconds can count when you need to catch a bus.

it's a fairly simple issue to solve. They need to ask their employers to reset the clocks to the correct time so they can leave in time to catch the earlier bus. If the employer is deliberately setting the clocks slow to scam 20 minutes extra work a week out of it's staff they've got bigger problems, but if it's a reasonable employer, they'll just reset the clocks when asked.

How do you figure that? Maybe the bus is at 5:10 and stop is 7 minutes walk away. Leaving at 5 gives 3 mins leeway; leaving 5:04 means you miss the bus.

DD needs a decent winter coat, by sounds of it

Cloud sync the time settings on the devices! Then the time will reset to GMT

No ... the work place should fix their clocks.
Because presumably the same thing happens in summer when despite being lovely and sunny outside many people don't want to have to waste 25 minutes waiting around for the next bus when they could have caught the earlier one.

Cheaper to buy a watch then 😳

I'm impressed by this bus service that is always on time :)

But that doesn't work because they'd be 4 minutes late clocking in...

Over time, computer clocks can lose time if the computer is old and the CPU is dying, or the CMOS battery has gone flat - usually these last for 5-10 years before they need replacing.

We must have had the same employers.

I bet they dont clock in, in the main office, I assume it will be between the office and building exit.