At a job I had, I worked efficiently, diligently and completed the days tasks early nearly everyday. I would then do small tasks around the office like picking up the kitchen break area and straightening the waiting room.
There came a week where I had a massive workload, and I was struggling to get my cases completed by end of day.
On Wednesday that week, I got an email from the office manager asking me why the kitchen was not cleaned up and the waiting room was not straightened.
I replied stating these things were not in my job description( I attached my job description.)
I had only done them because I completed my cases early most days. I stated that I had a mountain of work this week, and had no ” extra” time.
A few hours later the OM sent out an email stating she had become aware that the staff had extra time at the end of the day so now our job descriptions included :
“Any other tasks assigned by the office manager”.
They included vacuuming, mopping, emptying and taking out trash, cleaning windows etc.
She was going to contact the daily office cleaning company and have them scheduled to come in only once a week.
The staff confronted the OM, with resignation letters in hands, and we stated that we would NOT be doing heavy cleaning duties. She relented.
I almost caused 12 people to lose thier jobs.