That’s all for you, Tom. You can go now.

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diamondcutter

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If a boss thinks one of his men (say, Tom) has done his job and he is not needed here, what does the boss usually say? What about the following?

1. There’s nothing for you here anymore. You may go now, Tom.
2. That’s all for you, Tom. You can go now.
3. ...
 
If a boss thinks one of his their men staff/employees (say, Tom) has done his job and he is not needed here, what does the boss usually say? What about the following?

1. There’s nothing for you here anymore. You may go now, Tom.
2. That’s all for you, Tom. You can go now.
3. ...
There's a multitude of possibilities! Here are a few:

Go home, Tom.
Great work, Tom. Off you go!
I'm letting you go home early, Tom.
Take the rest of the day off, Tom.
Tom - go home. The rest of you are staying!
Looks like you're all done, Tom. Why don't you head home?

Note my changes above. I changed "his" to "their" so that it doesn't look as if you're suggesting the boss must be male. I changed "man" to "staff/employees" for the same reason. However, once you had used "Tom", it was fine to leave "his" and "he" because now we know you're talking about a man.
 
It seems that Tom doesn't know when he is finished.
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