My spicy take of the day:
Bring.
Back.
Administrative Assistants.
For fucks sake, have people in the office who are literally professionals in drafting and editing memos, scheduling meetings, figuring out travel, coordination with other folks, hell, making a good cup of coffee. It's IMPORTANT WORK!
Not sure how this post came to me, but I agree -- in any company I've ever worked for, these people were the glue holding everything together. They got all the i's dotted and t's crossed, they picked up all the slack, and they were the only ones with any context on how things really ran.
Whenever I was a new employee, they were always the most crucial people to me, often helping out with some variation of "Oh, don't take that to so-and-so. I know that's what you're *supposed to do* but it's just going to sit on their desk.
Here, let me call <random person> who actually knows about these things and will help you".
Jess👾
Just Greasy
Nate Allen
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