What do you think of my situation?

Question

I was hired as an administrative assistant at synecology in randolph, vt in september and by october they had me doing thier grocery shopping, cleaning their house, doing their laundry, picking their kids up from school and bringing the trasht o the dump, I gave my notice this week and im off to a better job because i have had it with the BS this one has, today my boss keeps asking me to go shovel the driveway and i dont want to do because i think i have crossed the line already with everything else, what should i tell him?

Answer 1

Tell them you would like a copy of your job discription, just for your own personal knowledge. also, when they advertised the position, where there any duties listed?
And im sure they wouldnt want you to slip and fall in your office attire, or pay workmans comp.

Answer 2

Tell him there's nothing administrative about shoveling snow. Snow shovelers make (whatever twice your pay is).

Seriously, point out to them that the reason who are leaving is all the personal errands and other tasks that would never be included as duties of an admin asst.

Answer 3

You need to study your contract of work and determine exactly what your duties are. In other words, what did you sign up for?
It's normal to do a few 'grunt' jobs when you start, but those ones you outlined seem a bit far from normal.

Answer 4

I think all three of the1st answers are on to something(except for the janitor remark)... think things through, antisipate the next situation, be calm & react appropriately with knowledge... good luck

Answer 5

i think you churched up the name to make them look bad,you took on the job and you cant handle the work load and just cant walk away without making a scene.your probably a janitor.