Discover Four Unexpected Professional Ways to Say "F**k You" Without Burning Bridges
“I’m happy to implement those changes if that’s what you want, but because of having to do X, Y, and Z, I estimate it’s going to take at least three more weeks to complete. As I have a pre-approved holiday scheduled for [dates], realistically that means the earliest we could get this completed is [date].
I’ll also have to reschedule tasks A, B and C in order to focus on redoing this project, so I just want to double-check you’re happy for me to de-prioritize them for now. Let me know if this works and, if not, what solutions you would recommend.”
