My manager told me privately to keep an eye on the work of a senior coworker and make sure he makes no mistakes. The coworker is not my subordinate and earns more than I do. What would you do in my position?

My manager is one of the partners at our company and is very anxious because a few of our coworkers do not perform "according to his standards", and work is never done right, according to him. He also has professional trust issues so he trusts only couple of people (eg, myself).

A job was just assigned to the developer working next to my desk. He's a senior (10y older than me), and I know he earns 30k more than I do. After a year with us, he seems to find it difficult to do the kind of work we do every day (mainly, webdesign).

My manager met with both of us to explain him the job (I was in the meeting as an adviser), and when my coworker left the room, my manager told me, privately: "Look, Pete, I need you to keep an eye on him, things need to go smooth and I'm expecting a high-quality product. Make sure he does as good job please".

I told him not to worry and left, but I'm not o.k. with this arrangement. I'm not my coworker's superior or lead or manager, and now I have to tip-toe around him and make sure he does a good job? And he even earns more than I do?

What would you do in my situation? I can't just refuse without looking bad, but I don't want to be walked over either...

note: what about the salary issue? If my company is telling me to babysit a higher-paid employee, where does that put me? I'm feeling "used", to be honest...

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