Thoughts please:
Is it reasonable to expect employees to perform personal tasks such as bringing food, warming up meals, fetching drinks, and serving the COO in the workplace, regardless of their roles, or is this practice generally considered inappropriate?.
The COO basically yells at people from her office to bring her food, drinks, etc.
am I being overly critical?

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No. No no no no no.


No.

This is not ok.

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If they are hired as a direct assistant, I think that’s expected. But asking Marge from Accounting to do it is definitely weird.

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The Devil Wears Prada lol

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Oh my goodness yes!

Reminds me of a toxic employer I once had. I quit the moment he asked me to basically cook the books and modify hrs and rates in the accounting books. Once i verified with the accountant what I suspected he was asking me to do, I quit on the spot. Never been so scared to quit, but glad I did. He's a high power attorney in medical malpractice

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She doesn’t ask me to do it, but asks operations managers, marketing team members. Basically anyone in a jr role that is younger. I find it distasteful

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No.

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Sometimes I would grab lunch for my boss when I worked under a VP and he never had lunch breaks. If I got a chance to go pick something up (on days I didn’t pack a lunch) I would often grab him a sandwich 🥪 just to make sure he would eat. This was never asked or expected of me but was a courtesy. This man never once asked and was always so grateful and generous. There’s a big difference between the humans beings in these two situations.

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And, a huge difference in leadership. Sounds like he treated you well and you helped him tremendously

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Nope not normal

Nope. My boss brings me lunch during busy season so I would have a chance to eat

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