Woman fired for being too early at the office takes boss to court
Getting to work on time can sometimes be a challenge for the best of us, but some people find timekeeping just too tricky to master.
However, a Spanish woman took it to the next level by continually arriving at the office up to 40 minutes early.
But now her early-bird routine has just cost her her job, as she was recently fired for coming to work before she officially needed to.
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For two years, the 22-year-old woman kept arriving between 6:45 am and 7 am, well before her 7:30 am start.
Despite being told she couldn’t clock in or begin work early, she insisted on showing up early with nothing to do, and now it’s cost her the job.
The woman was eventually for serious misconduct, arguing that her relentless early-bird habit wasn’t helping the company; instead, it amounted to simple disobedience of clear instructions.
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She took the case to the Social Court of Alicante, claiming the dismissal was utterly unfair.
Judges heard she kept up the routine despite multiple verbal and written warnings, turning up early at least 19 times. On some days, she even tried to clock in through the company app before she’d reached the office.
In the end, the court sided with the company, stressing the problem wasn’t her ‘excessive punctuality’ but her stubborn refusal to follow workplace rules, a serious violation under Article 54 of the Spanish Workers’ Statute.
