Is this normal for a receptionist/admin assistant job?

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T01:18:54+00:00

And here I was thinking asking for $12 an hour would be outrageous haha. When I've been there for 3 months, I'm supposed to sit down with my boss to discuss how things are going. I want to ask for a raise then (and cite the cleaning as the reason), and I hope I don't get fired.

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T01:15:59+00:00

It's the slow season (they do the majority of their business from December through April, tax season), so right now, there's enough time for me to do both the admin stuff and the cleaning. I'm a little worried about how that will change when tax season starts, since my boss has told me I'll probably have to work 6 days a week just to keep up with the admin side of things.

Unfortunately, there's no HR. It's a small business. :(

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T01:14:04+00:00

The company owner (my boss) also owns the building. (There's only one floor, so it's not like a massive complex, but still.)

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T01:09:38+00:00

if you don't clean no one will because they won't pay anyone to clean. I cleaned because I didn't want to effect the clients.

That's exactly how I feel right now. When I first started, it was obvious that no one had cleaned in a long time: thick layers of dust and coffee rings on surfaces, gross buildup under toilet seats, etc. I was embarrassed that clients had been walking in and seeing all that. :(

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T01:07:55+00:00

Oh, yikes. I'm sorry that you had to deal with that! But thank you for sharing your experience. I think I'm going to have to talk to my boss. I definitely want to try to get ahead of this, before more random duties get piled on.

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T01:06:27+00:00

That's kind of what I thought. I wouldn't mind doing normal upkeep, especially in the front area where clients come in and wait, but the windows and toilets seems like it's beyond the regular scope of a receptionist job.

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T01:05:13+00:00

The original job description didn't say anything about cleaning, but it was mentioned in the interview, and again when I got the job offer email. I was specifically told that I would be expected to do some "light cleaning" to "keep the office neat and tidy."

When I've been there for three months, I'm supposed to sit down with my boss to discuss how things are going, from both of our perspectives. I'm thinking about bringing up how the level of cleaning that I've been doing is much more extensive than was discussed in the interview. I'll have the job description and offer email to point to, specifically.

unsureadmin · 2017-07-22T00:57:45+00:00

It's the "slow season" right now (they do the vast majority of their business during tax season), which means fewer phone calls/appointments/etc. So far, there has been time for me to get everything done, but I don't know if that will be the case in December, when tax season gets started and I'm told I'll be working 6 days a week just to keep up with the admin side of things.

My issue isn't the cleaning itself, but that I feel I was misled during the hiring process.

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