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> "Oh, sorry, I can't. Already scheduled." Typical pushback is a lecture about the importance of being a "team player" and pressure to cancel or reschedule thi
by musicale 5y ago
> "Oh, sorry, I can't. Already scheduled."
Typical pushback is a lecture about the importance of being a "team player" and pressure to cancel or reschedule things to make the boss look good.
- prtkgpt 5y agoThat’s the feeling which pushes me.
- pc86 5y agoSo what? "Sorry, no." Done. Either it's a shitty enough work environment that they'll fire you, in which case they would have gotten around to it any way, or it's not, and they won't, and nothing happens.
- Mondialisation 5y agoWhy even be sorry
- pc86 5y agoBecause it's a colloquialism, and because despite that "No is a complete sentence" post from earlier this week (last week?), it often comes across across as rude, unnecessarily harsh, and over time will make people think of you as an asshole.
- Balero 5y agoWhen I started working I had a boss pull this line. Then he didn't turn up cos he had a family thing that was more important. This pushed three of us (out of 5) to quit in the next couple of months (after getting another job sorted).