Excerpted from Quartz: “No matter what the boss says about flextime, get to work early”
Being a “morning person” may be more than virtuous. It may literally be a criteria for career success.
Managers rate workers who get an early start higher than those who get in and stay late, no matter how many hours they work in total or how well they do their jobs.
Apparently, managers have a “morning bias” … that confuses starting time with conscientiousness and productivity.
Managers perceive employees who start later as less conscientious, and consequently less hard-working and disciplined, and that carries through to performance ratings.
Here’s the proof …
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