sundaymorningstaple wrote:Singapore runs mostly on rubber time. However, as an HR manager, many a local has found themselves out of an interview for being late. There is nothing fashionable about making your future employer wait for your royal arse.
Unless you have a damned good excuse that can be verified by turning on the radio, you blew your chance. If you cannot be on time for the time you are supposedly trying to impress me, then you will never be on time at work if I hire you either.
+1 re: interviews. !0-15 minutes early, but arrive at your destination building even earlier (if needs be to ensure you are NOT late), and check out the neighbourhood, or grab a coffee, until 10-15mns prior.
Meals with friends at their homes... 20 mins late is fashionably late in my books. If at a restaurant etc and it's their plan/night out then say 10 minutes after the booking time...