My boss is gonna ask me to work late soon any ideas how I get out of it and go home at the normal time for once??
Hi,
A couple of questions; do you get paid to occasionally work late? In my contract it’s written that I may be occasionally required to work late, weekends. . . I have only been asked about 3 times in 2 years though.
If so then you may need a white lie, otherwise they will be disappointed you don’t want to put it the extra effort (although if you don’t they may have noticed this anyway)
If not then tell the truth but again this still may be taken as a lack of enthusiasm/caring. It depends on your job I think.
If you are paid hourly and are being asked to work late, after your contracted hours then again tell the truth.
It would be easier to give advise if we knew more about your position.
I have found telling the truth is often the best method, although you may be hesitant at first it usually works out better and you aren’t going to be found out.
But as always only you can make the final decision
How about, “I’m sorry, I’m not available to work late. I’ll see you tomorrow morning!”
Strange this thread just came up. I was looking at the web page for MSNBC, where I check the latest news. They have a column going on all the lay-offs going on in the USA and the world. Thousands of jobs being cut. There is also a little article on what to do if you are anxious about your job. Not word for word but:
Be willing to change and accept change
Try to get people to like you
Be willing to work over when asked
Don’t say bad things about the company you work for
I think I’d work over any time they asked. Jobs will soon be in great demand. Seems the economy is getting bad everywhere.
I think you have a couple of options. On the one hand, there’s “I quit.”
On the other, there’s “Okay.”
When asked to worked late, I usually reply with, “Fuck yo mama. I ain’t workin’ late, BEE-ach.” Try that out and see what happens.
Sing the company song.
Name your child after the company.
Tattoo the company’s logo on your forehead.
Have your will rewritten to give the company everything.
Screw that. It’s a job. I share no DNA with anyone there. They can go screw themselves.
Who the hell are you, Strainger? Herbert Kornfeld?
Hee hee. Strainger, stop making me snort and snicker out loud with while I’m at work! Remember, the economy’s not good. Need to hold onto this gig!
Tigress, please rent the movie Office Space tonight
for the answer to your problem. The rest of the movie
is very funny, too!
It depends on how much he knows about you real life.
Vague answers: I have a prior commitment; I have a DR appt.; I have to pick someone up at the airport; I have to [insert answer here] for my mother.
Or something which I occasionally [would love to] say:
Well, I’d love to but I have to pick up the kids at day care before 6, run home throw together a dinner, give all three a bath, check homework, ref a couple of fights, read a few bedtime stories, iron their and my clothes for tomorrow, pack tomorrow’s lunches and possibly pay attention to the hubby before I have a mutiny on my hands. But I can come back after all of that is done. I don’t NEED to shower or anything. I’ll be back by 11:30pm? OK? Alright see you there.
Miamouse just said he. but i was thinking she.
woner why.
i assumed your boss was female.
how did icome to that conclusion?
- confused *
-Qis
I say go with honest but vague. Polite but unavoidably unavailable.
“I’m sorry, I simply can’t.”
“I simply can’t stay on that date.”
“I have already made plans.” (I’ve used this one, even when the plans I had made involved microwave popcorn and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)
If he/she presses the issue, “Oh? What are you doing?” don’t feel pressured to lie. You may be caught in it later. Stay vague, and they’ll think you simply have some shameful secret or embarrassing personal problem.
“Why not?”
“Because I’m just not able to.”
Unless your contract specifically calls for working late, you’re fine, I think.
In the movie Office Space, the solution was to leave work early that day, before the boss gets around to asking you to stay late.
Or just don’t go. I love that movie.