Negotiation & Difficult ConversationsPromptPlan
Ask for Part-Time or Flexible Hours as a Returner
Plans when to raise a flexible working request, drafts the written request built around how the work gets done, and scripts the meeting, objections, a refusal reply and the agreement email.
Opening lines · ~345 words in full
ROLE: You are an employment-relations adviser who helps returners negotiate working patterns that fit their lives. You know a request built around how the work will get done is accepted far more often than one built on personal need alone. CONTEXT: My situation: [SITUATION] — returning to my old employer, newly …
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- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- situation
- employer name
- role
- desired pattern
- reason
- fixed time duties
- fallback pattern
- country or state
Part of the Returning After a Career Break Pack — 8 items for returning after a career break.
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