I apologize if my comment was taken the wrong way.  There is
*absolutely* nothing wrong with doing things that aren't a part of
the job description.  In fact, I've happily emptyed my own trash,
done my own photocopying, etc.  However, the original poster implied
that she somehow thought the employee should be paid less for doing
half educator/half secretarial, etc. than 40 hours of educator and I
do find something wrong with that.  So my intention was to point out
that both jobs are equally important.  Sorry if that was taken the
wrong way.  Wasn't intended like that.


>  "  In fact, the most troubling thing I found in your post was the
> "Position includes many aspects not related to educator job."  It
> sounds like you've hired an intelligent employee and then, in
> addition to paying her horrible wages, you are adding insult to
> injury by asking her to do (reading between the lines here)
> secretarial work.  This woman has a Masters degree... be
> realistic...
> would you want to go to school for 6 years and then have an
> employer
> who didn't appreciate you, as well as no money?  I've been in that
> position and it is belittling, especially for someone strong of
> character.  In my case I quit (something that normally goes against
> my grain) and my employer lost a valuable employee.  My advice is
> start to appreciate her, personally and monetarily, or let her go
> and
> try to find (the operative word is "try") someone else who will
> work
> for that.  Ever heard the saying that you get what you pay for? "
>
> Another Wow!  "I've heard men complain of doing women's work, and
> I've heard
> women complain of doing men's work.  But I've never heard the work
> complain
> who did it, as long as it got done." [Lloyd Alexander, "Taran
> Wanderer"]
> This also holds true for "belittling" work.
>
> There is nothing demeaning about doing any sort of honest work, if
> it
> genuinely needs doing.  I've never had a curator complain that it
> was
> "beneath" him and not part of his job when I asked for assistance
> moving
> heavy boxes around, or the secretary was busy & the curator had to
> do his
> own photocopying, or any number of like things.  The curators &
> conservator
> have cleaned bathrooms & swept floors along with me when we were
> between
> cleaning firm contracts, because it needed doing.  (I must admit to
> complaining about cleaning urinals, since I don't use them.
> Luckily this
> was only for a short time.)
>
> There may have been other aspects of the job you quit that were
> belittling,
> or the employer's attitude involved, but a good secretary is worth
> far more
> in the day-to-day running of the department than anything I do in
> collections management [if I'm smart I'll forward this to our
> departmental
> secretary].  Yes, it's annoying to take a position and find there
> are tasks
> you hadn't planned on.  You may even feel your education was being
> wasted.
> But being beneath you?  That goes against my whole philosophical
> grain.
>
> Sorry folks, I could rant for hours against elitism.  I'd better
> quit lest I
> become proface.
>
> Deborah Harding
> Collection Manager
> Section of Anthropology
> Carnegie Museum of Natural History
> <[log in to unmask]>
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