1. No. When you choose to be this bluntly honest, it immediately sends the message that you have been doing nothing AND not taking the initiative to ask for additional work. It also confirms that all of the time spent starting intently at your laptop has, in fact, been used exclusively to stay abreast of celebrity gossip and designer purse trends.
2. Yes. When you indicate that you are indeed fully-occupied at all times, it tells your boss that you are incompetent/poor with time management, because she knows exactly how much work you have to do and how long it should take, and that it should not be enough to keep you busy. This is also an outright lie, as 96% of each workday is passed by staying abreast of celebrity gossip and designer purse trends.
The best solution is to say exactly what I did, which was absolutely nothing of meaning except a lot of words that came out very quickly and sounded something like, “Well, I had just finished up some major projects and hit a lull but then there is the chance that I’ll be starting this other project that will be challenging and time consuming and I’m also working on another thing that I’ll have done by the end of the day.” By the end, your boss will only be thinking of how to gracefully step out of your office and regain the IQ points that you just shaved off.
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