Author: Olivia

What excuses are serious enough to help me get enough sympathy to keep my job when I have skipped two days of work with no contact? Please help me with some unethical lies to save my job. I know this is terrible. But please bare with me and try to understand, and possibly offer up advice if any. So I’m not proud of this to say the least and I’m pissed at myself for the situation I got myself in. However my bosses have also screwed me over time and time again (I am currently looking for another job, but also appreciate the experience I’m building while still at this one). On Wednesday afternoon, after work (I am only part time) I went home and when my boss texted and called me a couple times, I didn’t answer because they ALWAYS contact me after hours asking for things and I’m…

So I’ve been with the same company since years before COVID and now we’re 100% remote. Previously I’d just catch my manager when they seemed free and drop the news. Now I don’t even know how to handle it. Send an email? I’ve thought of many subject lines ranging from there being no doubt what the email is about to slightly comical ice breakers. Send a message? My manager and I have a good relationship and usually just shoot the shit after we talk a little business during our monthly touch bases; we were friends before he moved into management so we still have that bond even though I ended up reporting to him. I knew I would be leaving when we talked earlier this week but hadn’t been cleared yet so I just stuck to the playbook. Now I’m cleared and they can’t change my mind. The third option…