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I'm usually pretty open about it and let them know it's a funeral.
Not sure the motivation to be cagey about it.
Definitely mention that it’s a funeral
Tell them it’s a funeral. Hopefully you have bereavement leave.
Say it’s a funeral and just take off. You don’t need to say who or why or what happened.
As a manager, I love when my team is just blunt and honest. I may ask if they need more time or if they have looked into our bereavement leave but I would rather just know what it is rather than worry that you are sick or something else is going on.
But that is just me. My teams trust me to just tell me what’s up.
Do you even need to say anything? At my firm, we just take off and don’t need to say why!
I don’t know? I’ve only ever taken vacation time / time for medical appointments but I gave plenty of notice for both. My assumption was that if I’m taking time off last minute I’d need to provide justification, unless people assume that it’s for something personal.