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How to tell my bosses I’m bored

30th December 2016

My answer to How to tell my bosses I’m bored on Ask MetaFilter

The magic word here is “challenging”. Don’t say you are bored—say you do not find your current workload challenging enough. Any good manager should be ready to respond to that.

Posted 30th December 2016 at 2:09 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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