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Wanda V
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November 26, 2014, 06:21:21 am »
I made a mistake. I know I wont get fired for it, but will get "lectured" about it and my boss will give a sense of.. "disappointed in you" for a while. Without telling details on the internet, if you made a mistake, know it is going to come out soon, would you wait until after Thanksgiving to fess up or say something right away?
I know it is hard, but I know co-workers read DeskDemon and may put 2 and 2 tighter at some point. I know my mind is made, and will wait until Monday to let my boss know I did something wrong. I just want the 4 day holiday to be good. Would you do the same?
A PS.. LOVE the new look.
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Clark
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November 26, 2014, 06:44:08 am »
I would fess up before. How are you going to have an amazing 4-day weekend? I will definitely consume your holiday. I would own up to the mistake. Even if the boss is giving extra feedback, it's the right thing to do. As the boss, I would think he would respect you more for it!
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Clark
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November 26, 2014, 06:48:02 am »
I'm sorry- It will consume your holiday thoughts...not I
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claudiamag
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November 27, 2014, 12:07:13 am »
I would definitely fess up now. I have found that my boss is more sympathetic and understanding when I am honest and forthright as soon as I make a mistake. It happened just the other day. I made a mistake, not huge but still, he was screaming and yelling in his office about it, I came in and said "it was my mistake, I forgot to mail that and will take care of it immediately". His demeanor changed immediately, he calmly said "okay, please be more careful" and the whole thing was done.
I would be uncomfortable with that hanging over me all weekend.
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msmarieh
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December 03, 2014, 09:44:52 pm »
I would have fessed up. That would have given the long weekend for it all to blow over.
What did you end up doing?
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raindance
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December 17, 2014, 11:27:50 pm »
I know I'm coming in late to this thread, but I agree with reporting to your manager as soon as possible after you have realised you have made a mistake. Indeed, if my Assistant left it a few days before telling me, I would be disappointed because we could have rectified things all the sooner if I had known about the matter earlier. Your manager is paid more money than you to manage - to solve problems, provide direction and leadership. That's what they do.
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Wanda V
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December 18, 2014, 06:45:42 am »
I didn't say anything, the meeting was cancelled so all was good and I wont be making that mistake again. Next time I may not get so lucky.
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