Some tasks are not as glamorous as others.
The person who books the meeting rooms or takes notes won't be recognized the same as the person who presents the results of the meeting to senior management.
Alan Henry wants to define glamor work in his upcoming book "Seen, Heard and paid."
"Glamor work is the work that gets you noticed by your manager and that's what it's all about." Henry said it would get you promoted and paid more.
It's possible for employees to climb the career ladder if they do this glamor work.
He says that office housework is assigned to minorities while the glamor work is not.
According to a study conducted by four US economists, working women spend an average of 200 hours a year on tasks that aren't promoted.
Office housework can affect your career. Spending too much on low-impact tasks can mean missing out on bigger opportunities that could lead to promotions.
According to Henry, here's how to make sure you get high impact work.
Work that doesn't contribute to a company or an employee's goals is called office housework.
This doesn't mean the work isn't important to the organization, but they aren't usually included in a formal job description.
The work keeps the team going. It isn't the kind of work that will get them promoted.
This kind of work can be done by taking notes, planning meetings, and hiring new employees.
Workers of color are stuck with the office housework. It's the office that they end up having to do over and over again.
When it comes to his first advice, he recommends getting proactive.
I always tell people to make sure that what they are doing is in line with their team's priorities. Look for a way to frame up the work you're doing for the team.
He advised asking a manager which tasks were a priority for them, and then communicating that you want to be taken off lesser, housework-like tasks.
You have to say something along the lines of "I'd really like to work on this but ABC is taking up so much of my time that I can't devote my full self."
It's possible to keep a diary of your work on a daily or weekly basis.
Henry said that it was also data. Data is powerful.
You create a record of what your manager is assigning you versus what you want to do by keeping track of the work you're assigned.
It can be helpful for employees to break out of the office chores.
If you've noticed, for the past month you've been the one assigned to scheduling all the weekly meetings, ordering lunch for the weekly team meetings, or scheduling all-hands meetings." If it seems like everything is moving to you. Henry said that you now have data to give to your manager.
"If you put that information together you can make a very emotional appeal to a manager who may not be swayed by emotions to a logical one where you have the information in front of your boss."
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