When a leader asks 'are you free? ', don't stupidly answer 'no time, no time', smart people answer like this

In the workplace, everyone must have encountered a situation where the leader asked you if you were free. In fact, when the leader asks this sentence, it is usually the leader who wants to arrange a job for you, so it is just a topic to find out first.

When he arranges work for employees, either because he wants to make the conversation go more smoothly, or because he really does not understand the current work of the employee, he will make sure that the employee has time to complete the work. So when the leader asks you if you have time, how should everyone answer it?

How can we respond in a way that makes us both polite and appropriate? Today we will talk about this topic.

First, no matter whether you are free or not, you must reply to the leader's message in time.

When many employees encounter a leader asking if they are free, they may immediately realize that the leader wants to arrange a new job and new task for themselves. For some employees, it may be annoying, so they do not want to Reply to the leader as soon as possible, or in other words, they want to delay for a while to see if the leader has other changes and arrangements.

In fact, no matter how much work you have at the moment, and whether you have free time to take on the task of the leader, you should reply to the leader's news in a timely manner. This is a question of our most basic work attitude. If you don't reply to the leader's message in time, then in the leader's view, you are disrespecting him first.

Second, you are not proactive enough at work. Imagine this is just asking if you have free messages, and you don't reply in time. If there are sometimes urgent work situations and emergency arrangements, then if you can't reply in time, it is likely to cause a lot of losses to the company. Leaders will definitely take these situations into account.

So you seem to be just a small failure to reply in time, and it will also cause a lot of damage to your personal image. Over time, his impression of you will naturally not be that good. Then the opportunity for promotion and salary increase in the future may be missed by you.

Second, don't give a clear answer as soon as you come up, whether you are free or not.

When the leader asks if you are free, it is best not to give a clear answer to whether you are free or not. If you answer that you are free, it will make the leader think that your work is too leisurely, and you still have free time. Then whether the work is not saturated enough, or your work efficiency is relatively high, he may consider arranging more work projects and work tasks for you. On the contrary, it will make you work under a lot of pressure and make your time very full.

After all, most leaders pay more attention to the efficiency and operation of the entire company. He may be sympathetic to his employees, but he will certainly make great use of the value and labor of his employees. After he arranges high-load work for you, you may spend less time on each specific job, so the effort you put in and the effect you show will definitely be slightly different from before. .

Then once you accept a lot of tasks without completing them well, the leader may be more critical of you for this. Therefore, when the leader asks you if you are free, everyone must think about the answer.

Of course, when some employees encounter this problem, the subconscious reaction is to refuse. But if you want to refuse, or if you really have no time, don't reply directly to the leader: no time. In this way, in the eyes of the leaders, you may think that you have a bad attitude, or even think that you are working abroad and escaping from work, which will also have a bad influence on you. Therefore, how to respond reasonably and politely, everyone should work hard on this point, and pay special attention.

Third, answer the leader, "Is there anything I need to do?"

When a leader asks if an employee is free, the best answer is to respond to the leader in a timely manner, first ask the leader what kind of work he has? When you ask this question, you can make a reasonable answer based on the specific response of the leader.

1. If what the leader says is very important and you happen to be free, you can agree

If what the leader says is important and urgent, and you happen to be free, you can actually agree to the leader. But don’t act too lazy. You can tell the leader that although there is still work at hand, you can arrange the time reasonably, finish the key work as soon as possible, and help the leader to deal with this important matter.

This will not only let the leader understand that you have other work to do, but also see your work attitude and work initiative, which will make the leader have a better impression of you. After you have agreed to the leader, you should also spend your time on this job. If you can complete this job well and efficiently, then promotion and salary increase in the future will be a matter of course for you.

2. If what the leader said is very important, and you really have no time, you can only refuse

Another situation is that your current job is really saturated. Although what the leader says is very important, you really don’t have the time and energy to spend on other things. At this time, you should first take into account the work you are currently doing, and ensure that your current work is reasonable, orderly, normal, and completed.

So you can say no to leadership. The leader can understand this situation. After all, if you say that your time is not enough to support you to complete so many tasks, and you take the liberty to respond directly, but nothing is done afterwards, the leader will blame it instead. to you.

3. If the leader is just some idle business, no matter if you are free or not, you must refuse

In some cases, the things arranged by the leaders are not important important matters, but only some trivial and trivial matters. You must learn to refuse whether you are free or not. Because these little things are not only a waste of time, but also do not have any effective help and improvement for your work ability. For you, they are just some time-consuming and meaningless things. So everyone should learn to say no.

Of course, when you refuse here, you can't tell the leader directly, because you don't want to do these things, or you don't want to care about them because they are not important. You should find a suitable rhetoric. For example, you still have many projects to follow, and you really don't have time to take this task into account. This can also be better accepted by leaders.

All in all, in the workplace, there are many situations in which people encounter leaders asking themselves whether they are free, and everyone should give a reasonable and appropriate answer according to the specific situation. So have you encountered such a situation in your own work? How did you deal with it? You are also welcome to interact and comment in the message area, and we will see you in the next issue.