It really depends on whether it's something that everyone hates, or something exclusive to that particular supervisor. For example, I *HATE* photocopying. I loathe it to the extent that I would rather clean a bathroom that hasn't been cleaned in a year than do photocopying. I'm actually not exaggerating. I can stand roughly 2 minutes of photocopying if there's a sheet feeder. Otherwise, no way. The ozone and dust from the copier makes me feel wheezy and nauseous, I worry about getting paper cuts (and often do get them), I can't space out and just let the thing go if I have to keep turning pages - everything about it is obnoxious and horrible to me. Most people do not feel this way about photocopying - in fact, some people I know actively enjoy it. So if I was their supervisor, asking them to do the job I loathe and they like would be a good thing.
Assuming, though, that the job is something equally hated by everyone involved in the process, then I would absolutely pick option 1: the good supervisor should not farm out a hated job on subordinates. If everyone hates the job together, the only way to get through it is if everyone works as a team to get rid of it as quickly as possible. The supervisor should be in the metaphorical trench digging along with everyone else, not sitting in a deckchair shouting advice down to the workers.
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Date: 2006-01-10 09:38 pm (UTC)It really depends on whether it's something that everyone hates, or something exclusive to that particular supervisor. For example, I *HATE* photocopying. I loathe it to the extent that I would rather clean a bathroom that hasn't been cleaned in a year than do photocopying. I'm actually not exaggerating. I can stand roughly 2 minutes of photocopying if there's a sheet feeder. Otherwise, no way. The ozone and dust from the copier makes me feel wheezy and nauseous, I worry about getting paper cuts (and often do get them), I can't space out and just let the thing go if I have to keep turning pages - everything about it is obnoxious and horrible to me. Most people do not feel this way about photocopying - in fact, some people I know actively enjoy it. So if I was their supervisor, asking them to do the job I loathe and they like would be a good thing.
Assuming, though, that the job is something equally hated by everyone involved in the process, then I would absolutely pick option 1: the good supervisor should not farm out a hated job on subordinates. If everyone hates the job together, the only way to get through it is if everyone works as a team to get rid of it as quickly as possible. The supervisor should be in the metaphorical trench digging along with everyone else, not sitting in a deckchair shouting advice down to the workers.
Does that help?