You: No, It's your responsibility to get the towels clean, folded and put away. You can USE the students to get it done when they come in, but YOUR job doesn't wait for them to show up. YOUR job gets it done no matter what.
You: No, It's your responsibility to get the towels clean, folded and put away. You can USE the students to get it done when they come in, but YOUR job doesn't wait for them to show up. YOUR job gets it done no matter what.
CW: Erwp, student work.
You: No, your J.O.B.
CW: Got it.
We spend 40 hours a week in the same small shop. I need to choose my battles carefully.
Beneath me? No. Frustrating that I have to do them because we don't have the IT support/project management/etc? All the fucking time, at least in my soon-to-be former job.
I have an MBA. I spent 3 days stuffing envelopes because our admin was out sick and they had to go out on time. It sucked but it needed doing.
I have been asked you help make coffee. I cheerfully agree and hop up just so I can point to the nice step by step directions on the cabinet door, and see everything is labeled, filters are up there, coffee is in this drawer, just follow the directions... And then I walk off. I avoid getting coffee when the pot is low because I hate making it, no way am I doing it for you. I've seen VPs make coffee, if they can figure it out, so can you dear coworker.
I don't remember the question exactly, but this is similar to what I was asked in an interview. if something needs to be done and I can do, I will do it. Except toilets. I won't clean toilets.
My company has its own version of outlook. Everyone schedules their own meetings aside from the CEO, but even he does it himself if his assistant is out. There is one man though, that I dislike for a multitude of reasons, that won't. He says he past the point in his career that he schedules himself. He's had multiple people him they are not his secretary nor does he have one. He couldn't care less.
I will do almost anything, even if it a poor use of my time, so long as I can get my work done.
There are some things I can't justify doing because of my billing rate. Like, a client doesn't want to pay my hourly rate for me to copy hundreds of documents when my secretary can do it with no hourly charge to them or a paralegal could do it at a much lower charge (and my firm doesn't want me to spend a lot of time doing things I can't charge a client for). But there is nothing I would refuse to do.
Pretty much this.
I will do anything, but I always warn my clients when something they're asking for is not a good value.
Nope, I've been known to help vacuum accounts' stores, take out their trash, dust, pick up garbage in the parking lot. Having clean stores means happier customers and potentially more $ for me, lol.
I've also held babies while parents shopped but thats a benefit, not a chore!
Post by sapphireblue on Nov 2, 2014 9:38:17 GMT -5
I hate to think of myself as someone who considers something beneath her. And I am the type that will generally jump in and do things that are far away from my job description. Grab a punch bowl for someone holding an event in our gallery, help someone set up food or a projector, etc.
However, several times people have approached me and told me the men's toilet is clogged and I must admit I refused to do anything about it (aside from contacting our facilities manager). That being said, since I started this job I HAVE plunged an overflowing toilet.
Post by hbomdiggity on Nov 2, 2014 18:37:20 GMT -5
There are definitely times I have said to myself, "i went to law school to do this?" An example is that a partner and I spent 10 minutes deciding which signature block to use for a set of contracts. there was no legal significance between the options. we also had multiple emails back and forth with the client over which font to use. so not "beneath me" just ... trivial.
There are some things I can't justify doing because of my billing rate. Like, a client doesn't want to pay my hourly rate for me to copy hundreds of documents when my secretary can do it with no hourly charge to them or a paralegal could do it at a much lower charge (and my firm doesn't want me to spend a lot of time doing things I can't charge a client for). But there is nothing I would refuse to do.
Pretty much this.
I will do anything, but I always warn my clients when something they're asking for is not a good value.
It is a function of billing rate for me, too. I am an independent contractor and my only compensation is a portion of the money I collect from clients. As a result I only do tasks for which I know a client will pay my hourly rate (or at least a discounted version of my rate), which pretty much eliminates anything menial. I don't think it is beneath me to take out recycling or stuff envelopes, though--it is just a question of economics and not doing work that I won't get paid for.
Post by flamingeaux on Nov 2, 2014 20:18:21 GMT -5
I refuse to clean bathrooms at work even though, the official policy is if "you see a mess, you clean it." My job is working with food. I'm not touching other people's bodily fluids; especially not halfway through my shift. I wouldn't want to see the person, I just saw packaging cookies, cleaning up shit of the bathroom floor, or vice versa.
Not beneath me but I was extremely upset when I had to clean up overflowing toilets for a job that required a masters degree. I mean, I could have refused I suppose, but acting like a primadonna is worse than mopping up toilet water in my mind. I didn't want to be "that" person.
But honestly that thought was in the front of my mind when I switched careers. I was all, "At least I'll never have to clean up a fucking toilet again." That plus a 50% increase in salary. LOL
I'm not above regular, necessary duties. I take out the trash, clean the bathroom, mop the floor, whatever.
But I'm 110% above cleaning up after lazy grown adults. I'm above it, and every other responsible person in my office is above it. We have some employees who think they are above cleaning up after themselves and I shut that shit down real quick. I will not clean up another able bodied adult's mess.