punch clock
Employee time recorder
A punch clock is a device that stamps the time on employee time cards, recording when workers arrive and leave.
To punch the clock is to record one's hours this way, and by extension, to work a conventional job with fixed hours: I've been punching the clock for thirty years.
The phrase often implies routine or tedious employment.
- punching inRegistering work arrival
- timecardEmployee hours record
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
- tardinessState of being late
- stampMark-making device
quitting time · attendance tracking · timesheet · factory · factory floor · flexitime · timekeeper · payroll system · shift · badge · swipe · workplace · commute · workday · hourly · routine · daily grind · buzzer
- timekeepingwatch, watches, clocks, timer, calendar
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- factory floorassembly line, conveyor belt, forklift, machine operator, production line
- vintage officetypewriter, adding machine, mimeograph, dictaphone, Rolodex
- analog devicesvinyl, pocket watch, stopwatch, watch, wristwatch
- overtimeovertime pay, overtime hours, overtime rate, overtime rules, double overtime
punch clockflexible hours
Adjustable work schedule
honor system · remote work · autonomy · unlimited PTO · flextime
punch clockfreelance
Self-employed project work
self-employment · entrepreneurship · gig work · independent contractor · creative freedom
punch clockprofessional autonomy
Worker's independent decision-making authority
freelance work · self-employment · entrepreneurship · gig economy · remote work
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