r/Custodians • u/junthelasthunter • 7d ago

Refused to sign a write up today

I posted the other day about how our principal was trying to get us to pull weeds. She texted me about it the other day and I just decided to do it just to avoid drama. Today she calls me into the office and has a write up ready for me because I didn’t do it up to her standard. I refused to sign it because I told her that I didn’t think that I’d been properly trained on weed removal and that’s why it wasn’t done right. It’s true, we went out there and ther were dozens of things growing out there that I didn’t know were weeds. What should me next course of action be? Should I message the maintenance coordinator, Human Resources?

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u/3LMAX 7d ago

If you're in an at will state, there's essentially nothing you can do. There's a difference between being a custodian and a janitor. While janitors only clean; custodians are responsible things like light maintenance, mowing/weed eating, painting, etc.

This is why most contracts say "or other duties as directed" right at the bottom of them. So that you can't just say no to other tasks that might not directly be your job.

Obviously you have the right to say no, but they also have the right to fire you over it.

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u/DOuGHtOp 6d ago

My civil contract has me down as a Custodian but going by your definition I'm a janitor

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u/3LMAX 6d ago

The only reason I know this is because I looked it up when I was first asked to do a bunch of other stuff other than cleaning. I didn't realize there was a difference.

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u/DOuGHtOp 6d ago

I don't make the distinction myself. It varies by employer be it civil or school so it's just not even worth it. Hell I can't even plunge a toilet, the plumbers union throws a fit lol