Hi all, first post in this sub.

I have been working at this job for over 2 years. I started out as a trainee and was promoted. Out of habit, I have always tracked my workload and task output. I regularly perform very well and have been called a "strong worker" by management.

I have a son with a speech delay and my wife and I have been taking him to various specialists. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get weekend appointments. Due to this we have both had to attend appointments during the week, which sometimes goes over our one-hour lunch breaks. When this happens, I gladly make up whatever time I have gone over.

I was pulled into a meeting last week where I essentially was told that "HR has a guideline for how many hours we are supposed to be in to satisfy the business needs of the company". Basically, even if I make up my time, the company will still look at it as a loss and this could lead to difficulty progressing and/or disciplinary action. Thing is, on my team, there are several people who are much better with their time but do way less work than me. I have quantified this by running the actual reports, so this is no embelishment.

I am at a bit of a loss because I know that my work matters, assisting in us billing significant fees. Yet, here I am as a good worker and solid contributer basically being told that time-keeping is more important. In fact, it was remarked in the meeting that "if employees want to log in on the weekends (something I do from time to time) more power to them, but that it outside of their obligation." So essentially, I am a great worker, but because of my appointments, I could be held back and/or disciplined? I honestly feel like leaving, but I am beginning to wonder if this is the norm.

Just to be clear, HR was not actually present in the meeting and I was not disciplined. Still, this was demotivating and quite frankly, it pissed me off. I look forward to reading your perspectives on this. TIA!