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Office Management and the Male-Dominated Sales Roles

The Office Management Group

And, having spoken to many more office managers now than ever before, it is a common scenario we find ourselves in. Firstly, I should explain that in my experience and on looking at stats on LinkedIn, around 70% of office managers are female professionals with the remaining 30% being male.

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Exempt vs. non-exempt: The ultimate guide to white collar workers

Insperity

This category is the most commonly misclassified because of the stigma that often comes with being non-exempt in an office setting. An office manager title does not necessarily mean an employee has authority over processes or people. Some questions you should consider during review. If yes, they may be non-exempt.

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boss asked someone to take her family off her health insurance, how to encourage someone you’re rejecting, and more

Ask a Manager

And then their sales rep Jane emailed me. Then their sales rep John emailed me. And Jane found our phone number and called the office manager asking for me. And found the name of one of the other project managers and called asking for him. Do I owe Office Manager and Project Manager an apology?

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getting a friend fired, employer is controlling workers’ LinkedIn accounts, and more

Ask a Manager

He asked the current office manager how to get access to his account, and she said she had no idea what happened to the information (she was not the person who set this up back in the day) for everyone’s logins and couldn’t help him. Sales jobs when you have a bad product. Look for a job selling a different product.

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stories of Machiavellian triumphs, part 2

Ask a Manager

Setting: 1980, legal deposition. My mom left the deposition and went straight to her office manager/head secretary since she knew her firm (big one) was understaffed. Then my mom called Jane, complimented her work and handed over the phone to the office manager. ” The problem stopped. The poached assistant.

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my boss complains about me to my parents, my boss doesn’t want me to work while traveling, and more

Ask a Manager

Yet others like the office manager have an office. If I’m offered a job, I’d like to request that if at all possible an arrangement be made for an office for the HR manager. Besides field technicians and sales reps, we have, including five people in office at all times, including me.

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I hate my resume writer, rejection for a promotion in a group of other candidates, and more

Ask a Manager

My employer is requiring the office manager and me (creative director/product development/sales) to attend an industry show in Atlanta. Both the office manager and I are on tight budgets, so it is going to take the money we need to pay bills with in order to pay our expenses during the show.