Timeline for How to ask for time off for emotional health
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| Nov 23, 2015 at 2:46 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Nov 18, 2015 at 17:11 | comment | added | Sobrique | "Family emergency" is a good way to convey 'I need some time for personal reasons, sorry about the short notice - this won't be common' but without implying anything else particularly. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 14:39 | comment | added | user3834459 | As Paul mentioned this also depends on the culture. Without opening a can of worms regarding personal experiences, some bosses (like mine - Italy SW developer here) would certainly be assured of your good faith and be to a certain extent sympathetic with you if you just told them that you're experiencing relationship issues. You should in any case trust the personal integrity and honesty of your boss. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 11:52 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | @JoeStrazzere: sure, that makes sense. Of course, sometimes the thing that people need most is for work to just leave them alone for a bit. If someone put me in an Employee Assistance Program after a break-up, however much training the program staffers had, I’d feel roughly a million times worse. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 11:41 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | @JoeStrazzere: “leaving it vague and non-specific makes it much harder to understand. If I were the boss in this scenario, I'd feel much better understanding the real situation.” I’m sure you would, but (and maybe this is a British cultural thing) that doesn’t make it your business. People should have a right to privacy. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 21:43 | comment | added | ColleenV | I have used "a personal matter" before and when my manager expressed sincere concern for my well-being I said I'd rather not go into details, but I'll be OK after a few days off. I had no trouble getting approval. My manager trusted me though, and knew I wouldn't ask for something trivial. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 20:23 | comment | added | paparazzo | Maybe even word it urgent personal matter that I need to deal with immediately. | |
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| Nov 17, 2015 at 19:49 | history | answered | Arielle Lewis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |