Imagine you are the manager of a store.

If I have an employee who is constantly late for work and who seems unmotivated, the first thing I would do is I would try to figure out what is wrong with that person. If I see that he just does it on purpose, then I would try to come up with a solution so we can get along. If it didn't work, then I will have no other choice than firing him. This of course this is the last thing I would do. But then again, it depends on what kind of employee he is.