Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT
If it was just a summer job, then it wouldn't really matter what you did. Unless you do piecework or commission, you are paid the same whatever you do. A boss who liked to give me menial tasks whenever she was pissed at me inadvertently taught me that lesson. Pushing the broom around the warehouse, I realized that it didn't matter whether I was negotiating with our customs brokerage firm, replacing toilet paper rolls, drafting SOPs, training the staff, sweeping the floor or reorganizing internal communications. I was still getting paid $11 per hour. If my work suffered because of her peevishness, well I was only following my superior's direct orders and I always had that explanation ready when the director of operations would come in and ask why we were not sending a truck to the US that day. "I am sorry _____, but ______ ordered me to sweep the floors so I could not prepare the invoices or the customs declarations on time." (in a sweet and reasonable tone)