Started new office job and they had me assemble my own office furniture... (career, company)
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So I arrived at work for my first day and all of my furniture was in my office...... in boxes.
My boss goes "do u think this will be hard to put together?"
Naturally, I said "i dont know....."...cuz I dont... I'm not a carpenter/contractor who assembles furniture.
So here I am with a screwdriver and ratchet in hand putting together some chairs. I didn't sign up for this
is this like a thing now? Do offices expect their new employees to assemble their own office furniture?
Who do you work for, IKEA? I'd be looking for another job if I were you. Just remember to keep working at that one until you get another offer. Good luck to you, OP
This is a relatively small outfit, but not that small.....like 60 employees total, so idk, I was just a bit surprised is all. . . never had to assemble my own office furniture. all shiney and new tho!
If you think 60 employees is "not that small" I'm afraid I've got some bad news
that's what I'm saying! I'm a woman and nobody EVER asked me to assemble furniture. And I would give them an excuse. I actually have a herniated disc in my lower back and documents to prove that, so that's my excuse, cupcake. Anybody doesn't buy the disc thing, I'd bring the paperwork and xrays to stick in their face. Following that, I would quit on the spot. But that's me. I don't let people walk all over me. A lot of other people would probably assemble the furniture like the good sheep.
I've had to put furniture together in my classroom. I also had to move all of the furniture to one side of the class and stack them at the end of the year. There's No one else to do it.
I also had to clean the desks and walls as well as bag the trash. Older teachers would get younger ones to do it or their spouses/children.
It happens.
The only thing we didn't have to do is clean up puke, poop, or pee because they had a special cleanser for that. ( yes, some kids in k-2 poop on the classroom floor)
Such tasks might be common in small companies as they are trying to save wherever they can. I know of a small company (5-7 employees) located in a small town where employees take turns in taking out trash.
Hell, a small company I worked for.. I was the IT department plus garbage-wheeler-out-to-the-curber, plumber, electrician, furniture assembler, purchasing department and grass cutter.. Though that last job we started a rotating "who pissed us off this week" award that had to do it. Had a guy back into one of the concrete poles at a gas station and do over $1000 damage to a company vehicle.. He had to mow the grass.. (mostly) All in good fun. Boss/owner was included in the list and he had to get out there several times and mow.. Took about 30 minutes, and we just came up with the idea because we were paying someone $60 a week to mow a TINY patch of grass.. We were all generously compensated when the company was sold to a larger company as well, and we all kept our jobs.. Once the larger company took over, many, many things changed, and most of them were not for the better.
Never think you're above anything or anyone. You'll go a whole lot further that way.
Were you really needing the job? If so, don't be complaining. I can put things together and it wouldn't bother me to spend a couple days putting my furniture together. Sounds like a small business and you are in at the beginning. If you are handy with putting the furniture together and are asked to do more of it in other areas of the business, you're still being paid, aren't you? Why not think of as keeping boredom at bay?
that's what I'm saying! I'm a woman and nobody EVER asked me to assemble furniture. And I would give them an excuse. I actually have a herniated disc in my lower back and documents to prove that, so that's my excuse, cupcake. Anybody doesn't buy the disc thing, I'd bring the paperwork and xrays to stick in their face. Following that, I would quit on the spot. But that's me. I don't let people walk all over me. A lot of other people would probably assemble the furniture like the good sheep.
I wouldn't even give them an excuse. I would have said I don't know how to put furniture together and I don't want to learn. The End.
The convo after that would have went along these lines:
"Now, what did you do with the Old furniture? Oh, you got rid of it. That's okay. I'll take my laptop out to the reception area and do my work on there. What printer can I use?"
I refuse to be taken advantage of in ANY way just because some employers believe they can.
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