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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/ProAssassin666 on 2023-08-12 01:50:41.
I am currently working at a summer job and I will be done in about 20 days. It is pretty much inevitable that my boss will ask me if I'm coming back next year, and I am not.
Next year I will have preparations for college so I don't know how much free time I will have and even if I do have enough for the summer job I do not wish to return here. While the job itself isn't that difficult, I work for 12+ hours per day and have barely any free time and no days off. Also, the town I'm working at is really small so I don't have anything to do in that little free time that I have. The boss and his family are amazing (which is the reason I want to reject them as politely as possible), but when I look at the good and bad stuff about the job the choice is clear.
Another thing I should mention here is that a few months ago, before getting this job, I sent a job request to a hotel that I really want to work at because they pay well, give me free time and aren't a private location so there aren't any annoying "boss's friends". Recently I got a call from this hotel and they told me to send a job request this december for the next year because they want me to work there but they couldn't squeeze me in this year. This means that I have a pretty safe option for the next year. Even with that in mind it would be nice to have an opening here in the worst case scenario that I don't find any other job.
I already talked with my parents about this and they told me to just go with "I don't know if the school and college will allow me to come back. Don't count on me". Is there anything else I should say so that I reject the boss while not insulting him?