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JANUARY 13, 2020

For example: Legal Assistant, Marketing Assistant, Project Coordinator, Program Administrator, Training Coordinator, Event Coordinator, etc. Within some organizations, you will find a role referred to as Administrative Manager or similar. Get simple answers to your most pressing problems. Get the Downloadable FREE Guide.

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JULY 20, 2015

A reader writes: I am an office manager and am responsible for distributing the mail at my office. The mail in my office building is delivered inconsistently (different mail carriers, inconsistent delivery times, delivered to the wrong office suite, etc.). Also, she has never brought it over personally.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

I’d lean toward the last one, but if I’m an office manager who’s told one of our employees is masturbating in the bathroom and needs to stop, I have no idea how I’d approach that conversation. Can anyone out there help solve this? Then, for personal reasons, I legally changed my name to (New First name) (New last name).

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JUNE 29, 2016

It’s similar to if you had a constant cough or nose-sniffling problem; it’s out of your control, but you’d probably still try to be thoughtful about how it impacted others, to the extent that you could. My manager gave a project I’d been promised to a more senior coworker. Fast forward to yesterday, the first day in the office.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

It’s starting to get really frustrating to listen to her negative stories when the cause of the problem is so obvious. I don’t know that you can solve this. It’s not discriminatory in the legal sense, no. What your company is doing is perfectly legal. What else can I tell her? Any thoughts?

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JUNE 24, 2018

Is this new hire a problem employee, or is it just youthful hijinks? The perception of not being above board can lead to lost opportunities, and legal liability for actual dishonest conduct. So far New Guy’s direct manager is unaware of this incident. This causes problems with pronouns and properly addressing someone.

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