Question: “I’m starting an admin job soon. The words ‘event planning’ were used during the interview a couple of times, but I neglected to ask for hard details....
Question: "Once or twice a year, I wake up and just really, really don't feel like going to work. But it feels like the system is set up to make us lie about our...
Question: "Where I work, there are six admins, but in the ten months I've been here, we've never met as a group once. Everything gets done and nothing falls through the...
Question: "What do you worry about most during the workday? Is it a specific task, dealing with a specific person, or maybe fear for losing your job? What's the one...
Question: "How do you tell your corporate office, kindly, that the holiday wreath they send each year doesn’t survive the shipment? We are located in Florida and every...
Question: "I know it sounds simplistic, but I'm looking for a book that will help me find my life's purpose. I've been an admin for 12 years and I'm not really sure...
Question: "Recently I found out that my boss is clearly engaged in some things at work that aren't illegal but are unethical. I'm not supposed to know about them; I came...
Question: "I sat down and estimated how much I spend each year just on work clothes, and I came away pretty depressed! Trying to 'dress for the job you want, not the one...
Question: "Where I work, we don't have performance evaluations, even though it's a big company. We never really know when or if we'll get a raise, and we don't have...
Q: "I'm sure the pay of an Executive Assistant is very nice, but I'm unsure about whether to strive for that position. I really like being basically on the same level as...
Question: "I've slowly realized that I'm the person everyone comes to when they want to talk about life outside the office, their personal problems, their traffic...
Question: "I'm starting to feel a little natural pressure to eat lunch at my desk—not because I'm so busy, and not because anyone's recommended it, but just...
Question: "There's a member of our four-person admin team who does everything well and is very nice, but she is just never at work on time. Five minutes here, ten...
Question: "I think I'm in need of some sort of training that will teach me to turn down tasks and projects that gobble up too much time, or that I just don't want to get...
Question: "I'm surprised at how much of my new job is about ordering food for meetings—I'm responsible for four or five a day sometimes, anything from a basket...
Question: "We've been asked to train new hires through writing careful processes, but it's also been suggested we mix in some short videos of our own making too. Does...
Question: "As Assistant Secretary to our not-for-profit board, we have the discussion constantly about the best/easiest way to share materials. We have a SharePoint...
Question: "I’m wondering what admins do to track phone messages for their exec? I've used a phone log right in Microsoft Outlook, but it doesn’t work in...
Question: "Everyone seems to have a different way of creating their to-do lists. I've always been interested in how they go about it, and what their lists actually...
Question: "I have a co-worker who is good at her job but keeps getting in her own way with her many personality quirks. She just comes off as insecure, untrusting,...
