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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

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He or she also needs to understand supervision, training, and administration, and how they can benefit the business. An effective office manager works closely with many people, including new hires, departmental managers, administrative staff, those who provide office supplies and even top executives.

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coworkers say we shouldn’t attend a work party, I feel insulted by my new job, and more

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My department’s practice group leader (PGL, the head of a certain practice in a firm) is hosting a year-end party for our department at his home, which is out of the way for the administrative staff, though most of the attorneys live on the same block. but I needed the job so I took it.

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how to get employees to take time off

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This week, a manager asks a different version of that question: I have recently begun supervising a small team on a university administrative staff where employees are allowed to carry over a portion of their unused vacation time and can cash it out if they leave/are laid off from the job.

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am I the toxic complainer, I don’t want to hire an anti-vaxxer, and more

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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. They are paid the full rate, I supervise and QA their work, and they get some excellent experience. He is also, in my opinion, an excessive complainer!).