I(23F) just started working at this small lawfirm about mid May 2022. I work front desk reception.
This is going to sound dumb but the situation is that one the lawyers keeps asking me to empty the dishwasher.
We have a small kitchen/break room in the office and we don't have kitchen staff. The kitchen is supposed to be “everyones responsibility” and everyone is expected to help out and maintain it. And I do help out, if I notice something is empty, I refill or I clean the counters etc.
We have a dishwasher, I don't particularly use it as I use the single use cups so I kinda just ignore it.
Well this lawyer lady keeps asking me to empty the dishwasher and its not really part of my duties so I'm like ehhh. I complained to the HR manager person on Monday and HR person had told me that the lawyer should not be asking me to empty the dishwasher as it is not my duty. So I was like okay cool I figured but I wasnt sure.
Yesterday, Tuesday, lawyer lady asks me to empty dishwasher. I try to tell her what HR person had told me but she yells at me and gets extremely angry. 10 minutes later I get a call from HR person telling me to just empty the dishwasher as the lawyer lady is a member of the firm and makes a ton of money for the firm so I just need to do whatever she tells me to. And that I'm new and should help out more.
I'm just not sure how to go about this. Eventually lawyer lady will expect me to empty the dishwasher every time and I was not hired to be kitchen staff nor is it part of my duties. I dont want it to branch out where everyone expects me empty the dishwasher nor do I want to do peoples dishes for free.
Any advice? This is my first job out of college.