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Executive Assistant Reviews
What is it like working as an Executive Assistant?
December 2014
Gratifying, challenging, stressful at times.
Executive Assistant:
Pros: I enjoy the job and the variety of responsibility that it brings each day.
Cons: My supervisors mood swings, the numerous list of priorities in an unacceptable time frame to accomplish.
December 2014
Like it Enough and Do it with Good People.
Executive Assistant:
Job satisfaction is important but so many people focus on having a career/job that they love doing. Its great if you can make this happen, but life is full of compromises. If you find a job you like enough and you don't hate. You aren't doing too bad. Find something you like enough and do it with good people. Sometimes its not what you do but who you doing it with that creates an enjoyable work environment.
December 2014
Keep your cool.
Executive Assistant:
Always keep your cool be luck a duck all calm outwardly no matter what is going on inside.
November 2014
Corporate culture, positive office conditions, medium stress.
Executive Assistant:
Pros: Corporate culture, positive atmosphere, people depend on me for many things,
Cons: Underpaid, pay is hourly rate, overtime is minimal.
November 2014
Executive Assistant:
Learn and understand what is required from you.
Learn and understand what is required from your manager.
Support your manager in every way to free them up to attend to their role and targets.
Dont talk outside your working relationship with your boss... Even if they are impossible at times... They are human, have emotions and you can be the target because you are the closets to them in the working environment.
Do keep communication open... This is the only way you can succeed in the profession. To know it all will enable you to do it all.
November 2014
Executive Assistant:
Pros: Management, work flexibility, coworkers, staff events.
Cons: Compensation and not challenging.
November 2014
Change Is The New Norm.
Executive Assistant:
Be prepared for changes in people, in duties, in atmosphere. Treat everyone with respect, you will be surprised at the help you will receive.
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