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The Vanishing Executive Assistant? My Response

Eat Your Career

The article makes a number of claims regarding the EA profession, most of which can be summed up in the article’s subhead: The erosion of jobs that gave women without college degrees a career path happened in dribs and drabs but is as dramatic as the manufacturing decline Rachel Feintzeig.

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can I ethically hire when the company is a mess, employers that want a reference from your current boss, and more

Ask a Manager

All of our manufacturing/warehousing is off-site. Our CEO (I am his administrative assistant) has decided to sell the company and we are currently in the due diligence phase with an interested buyer. What rights do we have when our company is sold? I work for a small company – 12 employees total.

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the axe thrower, the carpet glue, and other astounding first impressions made by new employees

Ask a Manager

First day she walks up to the administrative assistant and asks for a list of who she gets to “boss around” (in those terms). I had to train a new accountant for another manufacturing plant in our company. The oblivious new hire. Manager hired someone from a conference without conducting any interviews. I will never forget Erma!

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is my girly office holding me back, my manager refuses to mute, and more

Ask a Manager

The administrative assistant gave me a book of paint chips with no guidelines, so I selected a color that matched the theme I envisioned, and decorated my office accordingly. Recently, another employee retired, and an office came available in a more desirable location of our building than where I previously sat.

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The pandemic made Earned Wage Access apps popular. Regulators want to rein in the fees

Work Life

” Branch, who was working as an administrative assistant in Charleston, South Carolina, downloaded the app, agreed to the flat fee, and added the suggested “tip.” . “You know how they get you — the algorithms — like they’re reading your mind,” Branch said.