What happens if your boss catches you in a lie?
When your boss catches you in a lie, it’s going to be tempting to try to get yourself out of the awkward situation by lying again. But if you’re caught in an ever deeper hole (e.g., your boss finds out that the client actually wasn’t in a meeting that day—or doesn’t even have a secretary), things will get exponentially worse.
What kind of boss would stretch the truth?
In another job, I had a boss (the owner of the small startup) who would often stretch the truth— especially to the media. Whenever she was quoted in a newspaper article or interview, she’d overestimate the number of our employees. She’d boast about employing over 350 staff members—when I knew that we only had about 100.
What happens when your boss beat you down?
The constant beat downs distract you from the real issue–your boss and the situation you’re in, causing you to doubt yourself at an increasingly alarming rate. This is a crime.
Is it normal for a boss to omit information?
And while on the surface it may seem like there aren’t good intentions for omitting information, there actually can be, particularly in the workplace. Bosses, due to the nature of how organizations are structured, have information that they must choose, every day, to funnel to employees or keep to themselves.
What happens when you find out your boss lies?
But finding out your boss lies takes a strained employee-manager relationship to another level. Once that trust is eroded, it becomes hard to follow your boss’ direction, wondering if he or she is taking you down the right path or leading you astray.
In another job, I had a boss (the owner of the small startup) who would often stretch the truth— especially to the media. Whenever she was quoted in a newspaper article or interview, she’d overestimate the number of our employees. She’d boast about employing over 350 staff members—when I knew that we only had about 100.
What to do when caught in a lie at work?
Designed by Elliot Salazar. When caught in a lie at work, you tell yourself it’s no big deal: Everyone else has done it. In my case, I was 16, and I twisted my ankle while I was out drinking the night before.
And while on the surface it may seem like there aren’t good intentions for omitting information, there actually can be, particularly in the workplace. Bosses, due to the nature of how organizations are structured, have information that they must choose, every day, to funnel to employees or keep to themselves.