Timeline for How should I politely turn down a task that my doctor has advised me against?
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| Aug 23, 2016 at 6:39 | comment | added | Rene | @Allison, I'm utterly surprised that your "boss" even considered to ask you. It's his office, his problem and he should liaise with Office Management (or do you happen to be his personal secretary)? If my manager would dare to ask me something similar, he would be stone walled at the spot. Having said that, if you feel it's part of your job (which I doubt), make arrangements with Office Management. And leave your son out of it (it's a business case and not your personal case). | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 10:13 | comment | added | Kilisi | @SteveJessop She worked Catholic School jobs, they weren't 'entitled' to anything, but they'll take whatever help they can get in good grace. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 9:55 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Kilisi: sure, you're happy to do her a favour. The part I question is just whether, when an employer hires her, they're entitled to expect access to her legion of minions (you) and the favours she can pull :-) From their point of view they're paying her for access to you, even if they don't look into the details of how she got the job done. That's why I call it sub-contracting. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 9:53 | comment | added | Kilisi | @SteveJessop pretty common in my culture, but others are different.Nothing to do with subcontracting though, we'd all go to considerable expense and inconvenience to go do something for her if she asked. She was a heck of a cook though :-) | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 9:11 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | Just an observation: I'm in the UK and to me it seems very strange to sub-contract even one small task of your full-time job to your children. I'd expect to use company money if some casual labour is needed, not home cooking and personal good will. But this might well vary according to how "formal" employment is -- with at-will employment there's very little difference between an employee and a non-employee anyway ;-) | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 4:14 | history | edited | Kilisi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2016 at 0:35 | comment | added | Kilisi | Good luck, mum had five sons, she was never shy to call a couple us. She earned it lugging us around for 9 months. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 0:17 | comment | added | Alison | Thank you, Kilisi, it's HIS office he wants me to pack up, not mine. All of my things are at arms level and it will easy enough. THANKS for the great idea! My son said he will come to the office and help. I will give him some walking around money. : ) I'm just going to check with the Office Manager if its a problem with insurance. | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 22:04 | history | edited | Kilisi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 21, 2016 at 21:59 | history | answered | Kilisi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |