How many people have used this line?
My military days, and some small crew jobs, kinda made it one of those “forbidden phrases”.
However stuff like “I'm not qualified/certified for that task.” , “I cannot complete that task and my assigned duties in the timeframe requested” were acceptable. And “that's above my pay grade” Was looked down on, but grudgingly accepted.
I just saw a guy fired from a $54/ph job because he told the facility manager “it's not my job” to clean up a toilet he had destroyed.
Our janitorial crew comes just once a day.
Our job description states at the bottom under tasks “work as directed by lead and supervisory staff”.
This is probably the 4th time he has done this in the last 2 months, and I guess it was the final straw for management.