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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left my last job because of being assigned too many personal tasks by my CEO.  I was the company graphic designer and the CEO was always asking me to design things for his wife's groups, family birthdays, kid's projects/activities, and things like that.  The CEO once even gave my services as a donation to this kid's private school without asking me.  Just gave me a heads up that so-and-so had won a project of their choice coupon that previous weekend.

It wouldn't have been so bad if they didn't come with little to no instructions and then after presenting the result, have to go back and forth making edit after edit on things that could have been done from the beginning.

An example, "Hey, Ella's birthday is coming up and she wants a ninja princess party.  I'm going to need a banner and some table decorations."  "Okay, how many table decorations?"  "Eh, probably 5."  "What colors should I work with?"  "Just make it look cool.  Great, thanks!"  Submits the proofs before printing... first email "Deb said Ella's favorite color right now is lilac.  Can we make the ninja princesses that color?"  Submits again "looks great, but let's add some stars"  Submits again "I meant throwing stars hahahaha" Submits again "Let me see it with white text"  "can you make them more princess-y but still ninja-y?"  etc etc     [/quote]

Oh my god! So glad you left that position. Anyone who doesn't know the difference between an employee in the corporate space and a personal household attendant should not supervise anyone, ever.[/quote]

CEO's company, CEO's dime.  Her job was graphic design for the company.  It doesn't matter if it is an outside client or internal client, the job is still the same no matter who is paying.  Getting huffy without understanding that shows a real lack of maturity and a failure to understand the business world.[/quote]

Oh, go pee up a rope. Her job is graphic design FOR THE COMPANY. Not graphic design FOR THE BOSS. It shows a real lack of maturity and a failure to understand jack if you can't tell the difference.[/quote]

If the CEO owns the company then the CEO -is- the company.  How can you not understand this?  It doesn't matter if it is an external or internal client.  Her job is to perform all duties as assigned, not all duties she wants to perform.  Sheesh, it is a wonder some of you manage to hold onto your jobs.[/quote]

It happens, but it is not ethical or moral. Please do not encourage that behavior on the pretext that "everyone does it", or "that's now it works". It shouldn't, and the way to change things is for all of us to push back.

Of course, you're probably the CEO asking for these types of jobs. In that case, you are unethical and immoral.
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Well bless your heart.  Immoral means not moral and connotes evil or licentious behavior while unethical means not morally correct and/or an unwillingness to work within the rules of conduct for a profession or society.  It is hard to understand how you think that doing what you're being instructed to do at work, as long as it is not an illegal act, could be possibly construed as immoral or unethical.  In fact, by your argument, refusing to perform the task would be immoral or unethical if you expect to stay employed.[/quote]

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