The boss said he was too worried to be available. What should I say?

The leader asks you, "Are you busy?" What would you say? This is how people with high emotional intelligence deal with it.

Brother Feng has a job.

2022- 10- 17 23:04 General Manager of Guangdong

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If you like workplace originality, you should pay attention to "having a good job".

In the workplace, there is such a joke.

The boss asked the staff of a certain department one day, are you busy at work? The employee replied: very busy. The boss turned around and asked the department manager to fire the employee, saying that the employee's work efficiency was too low, indicating that there was something wrong with his ability. Why did he keep it?

The boss asked another employee the next day, are you busy at work? The employee quickly replied: not busy, because he has a lesson from the past. On hearing this, the boss said to the department manager, how do you do things? The company can't keep idle people because the employees are too idle. So I also fired this employee.

On the third day, the boss asked the third employee, are you busy at work? The employee saw with his own eyes that two colleagues in front of him were fired because of their poor answers. He panicked and didn't know how to answer. He held back for a long time before answering: I don't know. Hearing this, the boss became even more angry and said to the department manager, how do you recruit people? Employees don't even know if they are busy, which means they don't know what they are doing. The employee was fired again.

Of course, this is just a joke. In reality, if three people are fired casually because of a "busy or not" problem, then such a company will only go bankrupt, because this is the same as taking the left foot or the right foot first. Whatever you do or say is wrong. This is why it is difficult to find a solution to the problem.

In the real workplace, each of us will encounter "Are you busy?" Although no matter how you answer, you won't really get fired, but choosing a reasonable coping style can make you more comfortable and stand out in the workplace.

In the first case, the leaders' pleasantries

Leaders are not gods, but also people, and every word they say has profound meaning. Sometimes, when they meet employees in the elevator, on the road, at the door of the bathroom, or in the dining hall, they casually ask: Are you busy with your work recently? It's like asking you, "Have you eaten?" It makes no difference.

In this case, you don't have to think about how to answer, just say "a little busy" or "ok". As long as you don't say "not busy", don't say that you are really not busy, otherwise the leader will increase your workload in the future, just like you answer the leader's question "Have you eaten?" Similarly, it doesn't matter whether you eat or not, because the leader doesn't care about your answer at all.

In the second case, the leader wants to know about your recent work.

Sometimes when a leader talks to you about work, he will ask you: Are you busy recently? Don't answer "busy" or "not busy" directly when you are uncertain about the leadership intention.

Some people say that the leader didn't ask you if you were busy? Shouldn't you answer the leader truthfully? In fact, you can understand this matter from another angle. Does the leader really care whether you are busy or not? As long as you do a good job, the leader doesn't want to know whether you are busy or not. What do leaders care about you? He cares about what you've been up to recently.

So you can directly say that you have been busy with a certain job recently and how is it going at present. Avoid the question of whether you are busy. The leader won't worry about your answer "Are you busy?" Because he wants to know about your recent work.

In the third case, the leader gives you a new task.

If the leader comes to your position and asks if you are busy in a low voice, or calls you and asks if you are busy on the phone, then you should pay attention, which shows that he has a new task to give you, because if the leader is free, he is unlikely to go to your seat or call you to ask if you are busy.

So in this case, when the leader asks you "Are you busy?", your first reaction should be what the leader asks you, and the leader's sentence "Are you busy?" Just being polite, if he can come to you, he must have made plans for you to do it. When I ask you "Are you busy", I just want to make sure that you have other jobs that you can't get away from. If not, it basically puts you in charge of a new task.

It is polite to ask the "busy" leader before giving a new task. In reality, many leaders just hand over the work to you regardless of whether you are busy or not, and then give you a deadline for completion.

In this case, since you already know the intention of the leader, instead of waiting for the leader to speak, you should take the initiative to show that you are busy with your work, but if the leader has an order, you can deal with urgent things first, which not only shows that you are willing to take on new tasks, but also lets the leader know that you are really busy with other things, not idle.

In the fourth case, the vacation leader calls and has urgent tasks or overtime arrangements.

Except those leaders who always call their subordinates when they have nothing to do, as long as they are normal leaders, they generally don't bother their subordinates on weekends or holidays. So if the leader is not the kind of person who goes looking for trouble, he suddenly calls you when you are on vacation, which means he must have something urgent to find you.

Of course, leaders may not come straight to the point and talk about things directly. After all, it's vacation time, otherwise they will be polite to you first, such as asking you "Are you busy?" Different from the previous situation, this question is meaningful, because you are on vacation, the leader still needs to know your thoughts first. If you are really busy, he will have to arrange for someone else to do it.

What's the better answer at this time? When you say "not busy", the leader says it is urgent. Since you are not busy, why don't you come back and work an extra class? You can't refuse, can you? It is really a headache to say "busy" and be afraid of offending the leader, giving the leader an impression that he is unwilling to cooperate with the work. So someone joked that the leader would just say something and let me decide whether I was busy or not.

In fact, in the face of this situation, there is no need to be embarrassed, because there is no need to directly answer "Are you busy?" Now that you know that the leader must be looking for something with you, ask the leader directly: Leader, what are your instructions? This means relaxing, and let the leader say something first, and then you decide whether to accept the task or make an excuse, so that the initiative is in your hands.

As for what is a reasonable excuse, it is very simple, such as parents coming, or guests visiting, or you are already out of town and can't come back in a short time. Of course, you still have to show your desire to support the leadership work, but you just can't get away.

In the fifth case, the leader has a problem with your work and wants to hit you.

If there are some problems in your recent work, such as not finishing the work on time, or having major flaws in the finished work, or being absent-minded at work, you know your work like the back of your hand, but considering that you have not caused any major work problems, I will warn you by some words first to make you concentrate on your work and not make mistakes.

So, sometimes when the leader asks you seriously, "Are you busy recently?" At the same time, you should keep a certain vigilance to see if it is because your recent work performance is not very good, and the leader wants to beat you and spur you. If this is the case, then instead of waiting for the leader to talk about your problems, it is better to take the initiative to be frank, review what you have not done well enough, show your firm attitude to improve, and stifle the criticism of the leader in the cradle.

Two days ago, I saw a netizen say, why are there so many routines in the workplace? Is this too tired? Guess what the leader means when he goes to work every day. How interesting is this workplace? Others said that if I were the boss, I would leave. I paid you to create benefits for the company, not to listen to you study so-called words here. Neither management nor grass-roots employees can bring benefits to the company. What do you need?

All these words are reasonable, which also shows that most people prefer a simple and clear workplace environment. Don't hide anything, speak frankly, and don't set so many traps, otherwise everyone will be tired and it won't make much sense to the work itself.

In fact, this is not a question of whether or not, but a question of human nature. Just like a cuckoo, after hatching from its shell, it knows how to push down its brothers and sisters. This is the truest portrayal of the law of the jungle.

In the workplace, as long as it is a team of more than two people, there will be all kinds of small thoughts. Whether you like it or not, you don't want others to think. Just like primary and middle school students nowadays, you don't want your children to study so hard, but other parents don't think so. And everyone followed. This is actually a very helpless practical problem. When we can't change, only by adapting and adjusting our coping mentality can we survive and develop better in the workplace.

-More workplace originality, welcome to pay attention to "Brother Feng"-

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