Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

“How do you invest in your administrative staff?” Despite being offered a six-figure salary, I politely declined. Because being respected and valued at work is more important than a high salary. Yes, a high salary may provide me with the opportunity to have a cushier life. Awesome – sounded great!

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C-Suite Assistants

MARCH 15, 2025

And given that the cost of employee turnover falls between 16% of the employees annual salary for low earners and 213% for highly educated top earners, paying attention to the reasons people quit is very important. Not everything is preventable, and in these situations, you need to learn what you can from the exit interview and move forward.

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Bonnie Low-Kramen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

TEDx speaker and bestselling author of Be the Ultimate Assistant, Bonnie Low-Kramen is committed to bridging the gaps between executives and the administrative staff in the workplace. Based on 1,000+ interviews, Bonnie’s new book about the workplace is called Staff Matters and will be published in early 2023.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 26, 2021

Previous adminstrative staff were even tasked with making him coffee every morning. His expectations of administrative staff seem very outdated, more like 1950 than 2021. You said that’s not happening since you’re salaried — but being salaried isn’t relevant to what the law requires.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 12, 2018

To make matters worse, my mother takes a hybrid micromanaging/hands-off approach to the administrative staff. I give a very low number when asked for salary expectations. No one here has clearly defined job descriptions and there are relatively few procedures in place, so fire drills are an everyday occurrence for us.

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Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

As a member of administrative staff, I often feel looked down on and patronized, which makes it hard for me to bond with the other team members who are “above” us. My partner also assumes I hate my job, as though it’s a matter of course. (He He is also, in my opinion, an excessive complainer!).

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 23, 2018

This includes my two bosses and four (including me) administrative staff. About two years in, I was promoted to a manager position, which gave me a new job title, but did not come with a salary increase. It’s one thing to temporarily freeze salaries; that’s sometimes a thing that happens. I’m in shock.

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