SnackNation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Office Administrator vs Office Manager: Understanding the Roles . Office Administrator vs. Office Manager: What’s the difference? Office Managers focus on “people” processes. PS – If you’re an Office Manager, join our private FB Group here. A Typical Workday. .

Office Management

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MARCH 31, 2019

In theory, if every employee contributes $10, this would cover the cost of food, drinks, plates, and cutlery. Not every employee contributes money to the potluck, but every employee takes the food that is offered. She is now getting into monthly disagreements with coworkers who she feels should not take food if they did not pay for it.

Controlling

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It was already hard to hear candidates/clients with everyone talking all the time, but CEO had read that a sales company somewhere had a gong in the office and they banged it whenever they made a sale, which caused excitement and made people work harder I guess. ‘Sorry. The aggressive sales. The talking ban.

Computer

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

“I once worked at an otherwise-excellent nonprofit agency in which the office manager was…very controlling. Since I worked in a branch of the agency that was several blocks away from the main office, this was NOT just a matter of walking across the hall to get new tapes! The office manager was a very nice older lady.

Supplies

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Coffee was 50 cents/cup to purchase more supplies. The ticket I work for a giant tech company that, unlike our giant tech company peers, doesn’t offer free food. However, there are coffee shops in all of our office buildings – actual branches of good local coffee shops that are only accessible by employees.

Supplies

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MARCH 26, 2023

In theory, if every employee contributes $10, this would cover the cost of food, drinks, plates, and cutlery. Not every employee contributes money to the potluck, but every employee takes the food that is offered. She is now getting into monthly disagreements with coworkers who she feels should not take food if they did not pay for it.

Controlling

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

s and working with a placement agency to find that perfect job that would take me out of food service. Finally, the office manager started hinting that if I wasn’t actually working, I didn’t need to be at work. ” – 2016. •. •. •. •. •. “I was in my early 20?s I am dying thinking about it now.

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