Male "assistants"

Hoyasaint said

I really dislike the prevailing use of 'assistant' that goes on nowadays. Your position = secretary not executive assistant, not assistant, secretary.

As far as calling everyone a secretary, its better than some of the older guys I used to work with would just call them 'the girl'.

"Just get the girl to copy it" "Get the girl to make more coffee" etc..

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secretarys get coffee, remember birthdays and the like, and do generally anything you ask them to. Assistants do just up to thier job description and nothing more.

I had a male assistant that lasted about 9 months. Eventually they get uncomfortable with thier earnings vs yours and figure they can make just as much as you. Which is not neccessarily a bad trait, its just they will not stick around long. Now I have 2 female assistants, and aside from the occasional teary, emotional "why are you yelling at me" episodes, its much better and easier.