Comments on: “That Isn’t My Job”: How to get ahead by seeing the big picture http://newlycorporate.com/2007/11/26/that-isnt-my-job/ Work, life and the pursuit of happiness for the young professional. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:07:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: t h rive http://newlycorporate.com/2007/11/26/that-isnt-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1583 t h rive Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:22:48 +0000 http://newlycorporate.com/2007/11/26/that-isnt-my-job/#comment-1583 I appreciate this post and its sentiment. As someone who entered my workplace as an intern (a.k.a. generalist) I was able to fill the position as the bottom-line. My first year I was okay with that. I loved it, actually. I filled all sorts of shoes doing what others considered small work, and picked up some experience in tasks all through the office in things both mundane and important. THings have changed; all one has to do is build a niche. To this day I can appreciate the fact that since no one in our office holds the "document collation, binding and sending/filing" position, it gets shuffled depending on which department could do with the extra billable work. In the end, the branch manager simply costs too much for that work! I appreciate this post and its sentiment. As someone who entered my workplace as an intern (a.k.a. generalist) I was able to fill the position as the bottom-line. My first year I was okay with that. I loved it, actually. I filled all sorts of shoes doing what others considered small work, and picked up some experience in tasks all through the office in things both mundane and important.

THings have changed; all one has to do is build a niche. To this day I can appreciate the fact that since no one in our office holds the “document collation, binding and sending/filing” position, it gets shuffled depending on which department could do with the extra billable work. In the end, the branch manager simply costs too much for that work!

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