55 Worst Things To Say To Your Boss
- “I am not working for you; I’m working for the money.”
- “I’m clocked out.”
- “How many minutes until this work day is done?”
- “I partied a little too hard last night.”
- “I just assumed that…”
- “I promise to do that.” (When you know very much that you will not do it.)
- “I’ll try.”
- “I turned down an offer of ($XXX) just last week. I was an inch away from accepting, but no, I chose to stay here.”
- “If I don’t hear from you, I’ll just do X.”
- “You never told me to do it.”
- “I don’t like working for other people.”
- “I can’t believe you did that.”
- “It’s always been done this way.”
- “At my last job we did it this way.”
- “I’m a Director (Vice President, Partner, Manager, etc.) I don’t need anybody’s permission to act.”
- “I can’t.”
- “I’ve never had a boss as smart as I am.”
- “I’m going to quit after I…”
- “Well, I did my best.”
- “I agree to disagree.”
- “How do I benefit from this?”
- “I don’t see what Jerry ever did to deserve that promotion.”
- “I don’t have a solution.”
- “Leave me alone!”
- “That’s not my responsibility.”
- “I’m bored.”
- “My job is too easy.”
- “I’ve tried that before.”
- “That takes up too much time.”
- “That’s not part of my job.”
- “That’s not our priority.”
- “Sorry, I must have drifted off.”
- “I can’t work with him/her.”
- “Yeah, I know I haven’t been performing my job very well. But I’ve been here for an entire year and nobody’s offered me a raise. So where’s my incentive?”
- “I’m not optimistic.”
- “I have such a hangover/allergies/a cold, I can barely function but I’m here today, anyway.”
- “I am one step away from bankruptcy.”
- “I’ll leave.”
- “It’s too difficult.”
- “That’s not what I heard.”
- “I was here first. You should promote from within.”
- “I’m pretty busy. Can’t it wait?”
- “I want to do what’s easiest.”
- “That wasn’t the job I applied for.”
- “My day is light. Can I leave a few minutes early?”
- “Do it yourself!”
- “It’s not really my fault; it’s Michael’s fault.”
- “I don’t have an opinion.”
- “I’m sorry, but…”
- “I’m not happy here.”
- “That’s impossible.”
- “I could be doing other things.”
- “No!” (An impolite tone that shows you are not cooperating.)
- “I don’t know.”
- “He/she is a jerk!”