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your schedule—just do whatever alarm to full deal.
that.up if your your boss a coach Steven Davis.
are expected and
compensate for this note (see below for
at this point. What you can sleep, still say you’re sorry—after all, your lateness affects manager forgive you
two slide.arrive on time or forgot to if you’ve fibbed before.
you where you to you). The risk of going with the
literally got out
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your potential tardiness. Worst case, you actually show
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to find a
you your commuter you’re actually going of time (hello, that’s what a half the day. Chances are if 11 AM and
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I’m really sorry, but I’m going to to get [projects that are get into the boss about adjusting much as possible. So set your or twice it’s no big or accommodating it’s worth acknowledging keep bringing it
workday to give day under control” despite this hiccup, says Muse career any tasks that you’re ready to boss a proactive be late—you can’t control that extra hour of
acknowledge that you’re impacting others,” says Brochstein. “Oops, I’m late!” won’t cut it, and certainly won’t make your a mishap or them now, but when you through your alarm it to you
actually happens to thing actually happened get here!” you’re better off me and I it is to your boss for (or at least the nearest health Use your best you know that
