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Expected to do everyone’s dishes everyday

Am I crazy for being frustrated over doing my bosses and co-workers dishes every day? I work as an admin in a small engineering firm. I am the only woman among 4 grown men (I am 30 and they are 50+). It was not explained to me that on top of regular admin work I’d also have to do everyone's dishes. When I was hired my colleague said “We all help each other out here, sometimes I'll do dishes” but I have been the only one to do the dishes everyday since I’ve been hired (going on two years). Even when I missed three days because I was sick, they just left all their dishes in the sink to fester until I came back.They throw their dishes into the sink without soaking them and without neatly organizing them and when I brought it up to my boss he said “I’m…


Am I crazy for being frustrated over doing my bosses and co-workers dishes every day? I work as an admin in a small engineering firm. I am the only woman among 4 grown men (I am 30 and they are 50+). It was not explained to me that on top of regular admin work I’d also have to do everyone's dishes. When I was hired my colleague said “We all help each other out here, sometimes I'll do dishes” but I have been the only one to do the dishes everyday since I’ve been hired (going on two years). Even when I missed three days because I was sick, they just left all their dishes in the sink to fester until I came back.They throw their dishes into the sink without soaking them and without neatly organizing them and when I brought it up to my boss he said “I’m an engineer, I don’t have the time to be doing dishes” which made me angry. I tried going on a “mini strike” and not doing the dishes at all or doing them only on Fridays, but it just starts stinking up the place. Because I am a receptionist/admin and a woman they just seem to expect me to do the dishes which makes me even angrier. I even stopped using the communal dishes so I don't have to go over there at all but they pile up. Idk what to do. The frustration is trickling down into how I respond to them and we also don't have any designated HR or manager. Only the two lead engineers, a lead warehouse foreman and someone in charge of marketing. We also don't have any employee handbook or policy handbook. I'm actually so close to getting unprofessional because it's irritating me so much lol.

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