should i lie to my boss

LazyHermitCrab

LazyHermitCrab

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My friend invited me to her family party so it's kinda important. She asked a month in advance too. I'm a terrible communicator and told my boss the wrong date by accident and was scheduled to work on that day all day. Should i ask to work different hours that day (2 days away) or call in "sick" that day? Or both? Would i get fired? I feel like someone is going to get mad at me no matter what :( please help....
 
Sial Axetder

Sial Axetder

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oops. Yeah this happens. Just tell your boss you mixed up some dates and want to change things around.

If its shift work this might not be possible. Yeah see if you can get an extra day off. Or trade shifts with someone?

Explain to your friend what happened. Mixing things up is actually common we do it all the time. See what your friend suggests?

If it is important and there is no other way then don't tell your boss a thing and just call in sick. Lots do this. Lots of people expect people to do be this way. Its your sick day.
 
LazyHermitCrab

LazyHermitCrab

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Sial Axetder said:
oops. Yeah this happens. Just tell your boss you mixed up some dates and want to change things around.

If its shift work this might not be possible. Yeah see if you can get an extra day off. Or trade shifts with someone?

Explain to your friend what happened. Mixing things up is actually common we do it all the time. See what your friend suggests?

If it is important and there is no other way then don't tell your boss a thing and just call in sick. Lots do this. Lots of people expect people to do be this way. Its your sick day.
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Thank you :) i'm just panicking a bit because i gotta talk to ppl back and forth tomorrow and i don't know what the outcome will be
 
MikeyC

MikeyC

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If you get fired for requesting a shift change, that's pretty damning on your boss. Possibly illegal, too.

All you can do is ask. If he says no, it's no. If there's a chance, take it.

Good luck. :)
 
LazyHermitCrab

LazyHermitCrab

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He wasn't there today so i'm going to leave a note with my number and call again tomorrow :eek: if no then i'm calling out sick because usually a coworker will pick up and say "oh okay, bye" it might seem obvious but i can worry about explaining later if it's necessary :p
 
LazyHermitCrab

LazyHermitCrab

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MikeyC said:
If you get fired for requesting a shift change, that's pretty damning on your boss. Possibly illegal, too.

All you can do is ask. If he says no, it's no. If there's a chance, take it.

Good luck. :)
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it's only 2 days away and i usually need a 2 weeks notice but i used the wrong date so not sure but thank you :)
 
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