BizQuiz: Are you a great employee? (Answer 3b)

3) B—OK.

Good communication is important, but if you respect your coworkers, wouldn’t you figure they’d have cleaned a cage if they had the time? The goal in a veterinary clinic should always be this: When you have the time, do it yourself. As you seek more and better training and gain responsibility, don’t think of pitching in with the dirty work as a demotion, says Nancy Humphrey, RVT, a senior technician at Sanford Animal Hospital in Sanford, N.C.