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DECEMBER 6, 2017

In our new office, we have an administrative assistant who is amazing. She makes coffee, orders food, sets up for meetings, cleans common areas, orders supplies, liaises with the building manager, and makes sure things like cable and phones stay on. I’m not bothered at all by the change. You can read it here.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

I never worked from home, as my role as a receptionist/administrative assistant isn’t conducive to that. I am clean, perfumed, hair brushed, and dressed like everyone else here. It’s just one more thing to clean and pay for. I am a woman in my mid-twenties. Aside from the usual “are you feeling okay?”

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

I have been in my role as an administrative assistant for about two years now. I woke up early and made breakfast for everybody, but my partner didn’t get up in time to be ready to continue the trip, so I woke him up and since it was the last day of our trip, asked him to clean up camp and head out to the office.

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