I used to get paid £10 an hour to empty bins 🗑️
And before that, £3 an hour to polish cutlery, clear tables, and take orders
Now realistically I did a lot more than empty bins, polish cutlery and so on for those salaries...
Included in that £10 an hour job was also handling difficult customers, running the customer service help desk, and supporting the e-comm operation (Sunday mornings were one of my faves!)
But the reason I'm telling you this is to remind you to be flexible and helpful wherever you can 💫
From my very first working day, my dad has always reminded me to be what the business needs rather than stuck to my job description 📝
A supervisor wanted me to help out and empty the bins at the end of the day? Yeah why not
A new starter needed training and I was the most knowledgeable person in that area on that shift? Send them over
No one had time to post on social media and growth had come to a halt? Leave it with me
And I'm pretty sure that attitude is part of the reason why I'm where I am today 🤷♀️
By doing those things, I proved myself to be reliable, hardworking, and willing to get stuck in 😇
I've learnt things that I probably wouldn't have otherwise, such as
🤝 Teaching and training others
📣 Social media marketing skills
🧤 To put on gloves before you touch retail bins
The last one is a joke but you get the point!
So today, tomorrow, next week, don't forget to be flexible at work - it'll make you an asset to any team 👑
And if you ever hear me utter the words "it's not in my job description" you have permission to punch me 😂