Sorry that it turned out that way. But what you did was honest. The table will turn

In Helsinki, working for HCL, I told that the bunch of software engineers from Bangladesh have zero skills and they were there to fill-in the numbers.... Has to stay on call support with those guys, dictating line by line the source code, to save the project. One I was on the call support 2 days in a row. The HCL management investigated and found nothing suspicious.
Later an engineer produced screenshots of the expected functionality without source code under the hood. He fooled the tester but not me, as I knew that there is no source code. The tester was very frustrated and thought I'm bullying him up to the point when he finally understood my point. more

Tell your boss if you lie for him, you would lie to him so that you both can think of a Godly and ethical way to appease your client, the 3 of you... would have peace, progress and happy more

protect your job,protect your boss,protect your company.
use your wisdon to politely convince the client to give you more time

Keep your integrity but explain to the client, "I was given a directive to advise you of...." In this way, YOU are not lying and you are also not... insubordinate. Your client is made aware that this was a directive, therefore, you hold no accountability for the outcome.  more

Jessica, you did the right thing. Protecting your personal integrity and professional reputation is always the right move. If you had lied and the... client found out, you could have been fired for being a dishonest person. It is better now to look for other jobs. more

Jessica, you did the right thing. Protecting your personal integrity and professional reputation is always the right move. If you had lied and the... client found out, you could have been fired for being a dishonest person. It is better now to look for other jobs. more

Its your moment to turn bad things into good things. Simply telling the truth is one thing, telling the truth and protecting your boss and the company... from foreseeable disaster is a skill that impresses will bring back favors for you. more

Don't lie take safe of your integrity

Don't lie take safe of your integrity

If that’s what your boss asked you to do it makes me wonder how many times they have lied to and on you! Integrity is everything!

You did the right thing. Why didn't he tell the client himself. Your integrity will pay off in the long run. Don't give in. it's just a matter of... time. It will pay off. more

That was his lie to make, the whole things shows that your boss is weak. Time to move on to another job if you can. Such bosses can get you to do... something then when the situation backfires, they leave you hanging to dry. more

Obviously. The fact that your boss asked you to tell a lie means he was accountable for that issue. All I would have done is to rephrase his lie and... ask the client to give you a little more time to cross check with the boss and get back to them.
Remember the rules at work;
1. The boss is "always" right.
2. If he is wrong, refer to rule 1. more

Your integrity worth more than that a better will surely open because people even himself is taking cognizance of that , reward may not be immediate... but at the long run it will pay off more

You have done the right thing. Not compromising your integrity will make people hold you in high esteem even the boss who wanted you to tell lie. He... will later see you as someone trustworthy and can be entrusted with something senstive. This might be a test. more

You have done the right thing. Not compromising your integrity will make people hold you in high esteem even the boss who wanted you to tell lie. He... will later see you as someone trustworthy and can be entrusted with something senstive. This might be a test. more

You have done the right thing. Not compromising your integrity will make people hold you in high esteem even the boss who wanted you to tell lie. He... will later see you as someone trustworthy and can be entrusted with something senstive. This might be a test. more

It makes you wonder, why didn’t he tell the client what he wanted to say? That’s an executive level lie, not your level. Regardless, if anything went... wrong in that messaging, you would have been held accountable. You did right.  more

Yep. It’s about integrity! If you have any evidence of what he wanted you to do keep it in case you get fired so you can sue the pants of the company.