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    hamburgerhotdog: I have known a lot of really insanely smart women (we're talking Columbia PhD's, authors, etc) who have gotten stuck in EA positions and not been able... more »
    emilyanne: I did my EA on the sports desk of a now defunct newspaper in the UK. It's best just to say it was interesting. It culminated in severance pay after an... more »
    morninggloria: Sounds like these women want trained chimpanzees in tutus to help them rather than actual humans with professional needs/desires/aspirations. more »
    PilgrimSoul: This is so funny to me, because I work in a big law firm, which I would ordinarily never recommend as a business model. But here, even the muckety muc... more »
    badmutha: Let me turn this around. I had a horrible assistant once. Catty, rude, and downright hateful at times. She would make comments about my clothes, my ap... more »
    Khrushchev: My sophomore year of college, I was a personal assistant to a retired executive. It was, in a word, horrible. I think that in many cases there must be... more »
    SisterMaryMartha: Or maybe you just shouldn't be such a goddammned bago'dicks in the workplace. Maybe. ALso, my boss is totally one of those insaney-rant ones. I have b... more »
    AthertonMerriweather: The only thing for her to do at a time like this is star in the second season of Stylista. more »
    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: Is it bad to want an assistant just to have someone call you "boss lady?" Someone who isn't your husband's other wife? more »
    Penny: Our CEO's EA is powerful. Just saying! more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: I used to be an EA. All of that is true (including the finding of ground transportation for the lost executive in an unknown city - if you've ever bee... more »
    perfidia: I'd like to see myself with an assistant one day - but I can't imagine treating him/her badly. If anything, you kind of owe your assistant some perks ... more »
    Penny: m, jst gt NYT ml syng tht HRC ccptd th SS pstn. Srry fr th thrdjck. more »
    Penny: "I would much rather have someone who sees this as the job they want, who doesn't see it as a stepping-stone," says Jamie Raab, Executive VP of the Ha... more »
    nolongerinacubiclestillawhore: I'd really like to hear some personal stories of EAs in the thread. I considered interviewing for EA positions but the idea of being someone's organiz... more »
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