Bathroom Cleaning

[Ohiowa]

I am the only one who cleans the bathrooms at work and when I say no I am considered to be insubordinate am I obligated to clean the bathrooms or is my employer obligated to hire a cleaning service before it gets too awful in there?

[Mamyalynne]

It will largely depend on your contract of employment, sounds unfair on the face of it - unless you are employed as a cleaner of course.

[Ohiowa]

Thank you MamyaLynne for your answer. I would like to clarify that I was not hired to be a cleaner. I was hired to be a salesperson in a family owned business. If I say "no", can I legally be written up for insubordination?

[Mamyalynne]

Have you got a contract of employment? Are you not able to discuss plainly and calmly with the management - far better to resolve amicably especially in a family oriented situation.

[Ohiowa]

Not sure what an employee contract is. I was hired after an interview and filled out W2s but I do not remember a contract. Again thank you for answering my questions.

[naomi24]

Are you in the USA?

[Ohiowa]

Yes I am but working for a Family Business is like working for pampered royals.

[naomi24]

I thought so. This is a UK site. I think employment law in the US is rather different - but we do have a few Americans here. Perhaps they can help.

[nannybooby]

do you use the toilets at work Ohiowa ,if you don't I wouldn't clean them.

[saxy_jag]

Whilst we have a cleaner at work who does the toilets every morning, we are expected to clean up after ourselves if we have put, erm, 'skid marks' in the pot and to spray the air freshener if we've done a stinker. It's more about good manners than anything.

We're also expected to clean/wash up after ourselves in the kitchen and there's a rota for cleaning/clearing out the fridge.

On the other hand, the museum my OH used to manage didn't have appointed cleaners so all the staff would muck in and do the job, including OH. He always says he'll never ask his staff to do something he wouldn't do himself, no matter how unpleasant.

[Ohiowa]

Thank you for all your answers. Wow I had no idea I was on a UK site.

[Mosaic]

Do the task really slowly and ineptly. They'll probably not ask you to do it again.

[penelope2]

I'll lend you the wife, she has OCD where bathrooms are concerned. 'Absoloootly'
her thing.