AN early bird office worker has been fired for serious misconduct after she repeatedly turned up to work too early.
The 22-year-old Spanish woman repeatedly rocked up to the office between 6.45am and 7am.
Turning up 40 minutes early to a shift might usually be a habit bosses champion but in this case her persistent routine appeared to have struck a nerve.
The woman relentlessly arrived at work at the crack of dawn despite being told not to clock in or begin working before her contracted 7:30am start time.
Her boss became enraged by her blatant disregard of instructions and ruthlessly fired her for serious misconduct.
The eagerness the woman displayed reportedly unnerved her manager especially since she was officially cautioned in 2023.
The boss argued her early morning routine offered up nothing but hindrance for the company.
According to the company she wasn’t contributing anything during those extra minutes and was instead a huge disruption to the office expectations.
One employee argued she, “disrupted team coordination.”
The eager logistics worker believed the dismal was unjust and decided to appeal to the Social Court of Alicante.
A court in Alicante, Spain, heard the woman stuck to her regimented routine despite the heaps of written and verbal warnings.
Even after she was reprimanded by her boss, she appeared to shrug off the warnings going on to rack up 19 more early arrivals.
The unnamed woman also attempted to log in to work through the business’s app before she would reach the office on multiple occassions.
Separately she was also accused by bosses of selling a used company car without a battery and permission.
This second breach of trust was highlighted by the court as a pattern of disloyalty.
The court favoured the company in the final ruling, although they surprisingly stated the “excessive punctuality” wasn’t the issue.
They cited her brash refusal to follow workplace rules as a serious breach under Article 54 of the Spanish Workers’ Statute.
Employment experts have asserted that companies are authorised to enforce strict rules if they are set out clearly.
The ex-employee could still attempt to appeal the decision at the Supreme Court in Valencia.
Many social media users have backed the woman online, unsure how such a bizarre issue could get someone fired.
One person wrote: “If you’re late, they’re angry. If you’re early, they’re angry.”
Another person said: “This is the first time I’ve heard someone could lose their job for arriving early. At my workplace the boss would turn you into a statue.”
Elsewhere, a man who was sacked for saying “top of the morning to ya” in a mocking Irish accent has been awarded a £16k pay-out over the gaffe.
Karl Davies, then 57, was working at Wrexham’s Oscar Mayer ready meal manufacturing site when he was unfairly dismissed.
On August 13 2024 he greeted manager Scott Millward in the accent while listening to Irish music, an employment tribunal was told.
Millward was escorting a red headed external auditor through the building when Davies made the comment.
The manager reported his colleague to their bosses who launched an investigation into the comments.
The probe was aimed at determining whether the comment amounted to racial harassment.
