This is Garak grindset and should be employed in all workplaces. There are people that it's not only okay to lie to, but I'd say it's a moral and material imperative to do so, employers and the government make up most of that list. Embrace Constazaist/Elimist thought. Also good lying advice: seed backup lies to give an out for other lies ahead of time. Make up minor but chronic medical stuff and feign minor symptoms so you can use it later to get out of stuff, forget things on purpose every once in a while, generally pretend you're a bit more of a dunce, or on my case an oaf than you really are. And never tell the same lie twice.