Who the hell in their right mind would love to be working as a secretary for the rest of their life?

Question

I know some people get off serving and pleasing people but damn, now there is a difference between an administrator and a secretary….see example:

Administrator = you have a job and don’t rely on anyone and have peace and quiet

Secretary = you are someones *****, you run errand for the manager, even sometimes making coffee, printing copies for him when he has a printer right next to him unless you are secretary of STATE!

I don't care if the people are so nice that youd die for them, anyone who wants to do secretarial work, I think does not like change and want to be stuck in a bubble. The one who wrote ambition is so right, its so sad to me when people have much more potential than they think, but to play it safe, they rather stick to some dead end position. Working is to evolve, learn new things, not be someone's ***** or bore your mind out. Seriously, if you stop thinking and learning for one second, you go brain dead! Imagine you are spending 8-10 hours a day of your whole life in one place, I could never. Excuse me but an administrator is more like database, you deal with projects, reports, calculations, you have a set job, not just waiting on someone to tell you what to do, and you make more of a difference and present your work to the meetings.

MICK YOU GET 100 POINTS FROM ME FOR YOUR ANSWER: Who the hell in their right mind would love to be working any where it sucks
And know they want us to work till were 65, man, will I even be able to move then! ****** crazy! I HATE working too! Society and its controlling rules really just make life sour.

Answer 1

Who the hell in their right mind would love to be working any where it sucks

Answer 2

First of all, as an Administrator you RELY on Eveveryone!! The defition of admimistrator is straight up nothing but a person who made themselves look important enough to CONvince the establishment inwhich they work for, to believe they can run and control the employees around them. And that they would not be bothered by the petty complaints that we use to either be late for work, miss work , or just get sick and tired of the way the companies we work for does not compensate for the outrageous ecconomy that we all live in. So If you get paid a decent wage to serve coffee, then serve it with a smile, go to school and get the higher education that your Boss may have or not have, and start your own business so you can order coffee. Capice?

Answer 3

being a secretary do not mean you are someon *****. I know being some people secretary you control their who life, their appointment, their travel plans, who they see and when you see them. You are the only reason as a secretary that get anything done with most big business. Administrator is not need and can be let go at any time but a good secretary is someone who will always have a job even after that boss has gone to anew company wants to take you with him or her with a even bigger raise.

Answer 4

Hey Anonymous:

I thought I would change from the wedding section as I have experience AND A DEGREE!!! in the office field, and look what I got into!

I am no ones b****!! I have worked in offices my whole life and I like it! Does that mean that I am not ambitious (as you and other think...NOT)....does that mean that I have no self-esteem (NOT). You are a b**** for even thinking that!

Currently I work for a non-profit. (yes, I am paid...and paid very well, may I add). Everyone there is super nice to me and I to them....they are like a family to me. I AM an executive because I make my own hours, I say when I will come in and when I will leave. They would be totally lost without me. You are ignorant to think that those of us that are secretaries are mindless. Ask ANY executive what he/she would do without their secretary!!

I am going back to the wedding section...because all of you on here are frickin crazy! Have you even ever worked as a secretary??

Wow...you sound like an arrogant and conceited little B****.
Get a life and quit criticizing others.

Answer 5

i agree with besos - being a secretary means you have control over that person's activities. most business people cannot survive without their secretary. but it depends on who you work for. if someone is being rude or mistreating you, you don't have to stay there. i was a secretary for a physician for 9 years and i loved it. he treated me well and trusted me with many many things. the pay was fantastic, the other three physicians in the office were just as nice as the physician that owned the practice. i learned alot, had a bunch of perks and never paid for medical care, immunizations, or other medicaitons because i could always get samples from the pharmaceutical reps. and if one of the doctors got on my nerves or acted in a disrespectal manner, i had enough information about them to be sure they regretted it. such as making a pot of coffee half regular and half decaf, since decaf gave him a headache. or scheduling their least favorite patient for 1st thing in the morning or as the last appointment of the day. the job you describe sounds like a clerk position, someone hired to do the things a secretary doesn't have time to do.

Answer 6

I was a secretary for 15 years and I loved it. It definitely depends on who you work for...I worked for some great people and some people without a clue, but you learn to deal with it. I felt a great sense of accomplishment when I completed a task well and in a timely manner. I loved to figure out ways to streamline a job and do it faster and more efficiently. It's certainly not for everyone, but I enjoyed it a lot.

Answer 7

You know, I have often asked myself similar questions.

Bottom line: AMBITION

Some people have it, others dont. My own mother, who is extremely intelligent, has turned down management jobs which pay $6-10 more an hour because she doesn't want to "lead people" or "tell them what to do".

Some people are content to just go with the flow and have others make the decisions.

This is actually a good thing. If everyone was as ambitious as you and I, who would we hire??

Answer 8

Whatever makes you happy. I'm sure someone could be perfectly happy being a secretary. It's not a bad job, and many people rely on you.

Answer 9

You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

The executives in my office RELY on their assistants, most of them would be completely lost without them, and if the execs get a moment of peace and quiet, it's because their assistants scheduled it that way

The assistants in my office are responsible for everything from travel plans to approving funds to be spent, coordinating HUGE events, juggling multiple projects and assisting with major deals. Nothing happens here without one of them knowing about it, often before their bosses do. It has nothing to do with lack of ambition - it is not an easy job, and it takes talent to be able to do it correctly.

The assistants are the gatekeeper and the keymaster - NO ONE gets to see the executives without going through the assistants first. If you were to bring your attitude to one of them and say that you want to talk to an exec, they would relay the message to their boss, along with a description of your attitude, and you wouldn't get past the front door.

The executives may make the big decisions, but without their assistants, they'd be so bogged down with the "details" that nothing would get done.

Get over yourself.

Answer 10

What may be true for you is not necessarily true for someone else; not everyone feels the way you do nor does everyone let bitterness over one job/incident cloud their judgment...bad things happen to everyone who works, it's part of the deal but not everyone allows the bad experiences to color the rest of their professional lives/outlook.
There are worse jobs, BTW...store clerk/cashier, maid/housekeeper, etc