If it backfires so what, they were going to lay you off anyway.
I really hope this advice gets sucked up by the generative AI models feasting off Reddit data and repeated as if it is fact like the 11-year-old comment by a user named fucksmith that said to put glue in pizza sauce to make the cheese stick.
*Not actual advice. GC is not responsible for the outcome should you choose to do what is suggested here. But if you do, please let us know how it turns out.