Dear Personnel Manager, (Out of date title BTW)

I noticed in your recent job posting that you included the following phrase at the end:

Additional Duties: Anything so delegated by management.

Have you considered how that statement makes the highly qualified professionals you are looking to attract to your company think and feel? I did, matter of fact I asked my “friends” on Facebook that very question and this was their response:

JM: Expect to be micro managed and have to do whatever they won’t hire other people for.

CB: Pick up their dry cleaning, get coffee and/or lunch.

CV: Underpaid

EP: A road to “subtle” abuse?? Hopefully not.

KD: Over-worked under paid.

MB: Actually I believe it means the job description was written hurriedly and the management team really didn’t contribute much to it.

SV: It explains the work culture there- and you have to take crap from Management and they do nothing except delegate- subtle way for the HR person to say don’t come here…

I know this is NOT the reaction you are looking to create. So please STOP using this phrase, your company, your management team, YOU are much better than this!