Don't worry. If VMware buys EMC life may be better!I could never be trusted to hire a secretary for myself.. it'd be all hot women desperate for money.
Had an old co-worker call from CA and say I could move out there and make double the income where he works doing similar work to what I do now. I could never move that far away from everyone, but it certainly has me thinking about doing a job search. Sucks because I love my job and all the benefits, but with a growing family to support it isn't going to cut it.
Haha I don't know I'm sure I could get rid of one if I didn't like her (they are all female, no idea why, males don't apply for the job) but it doesn't matter that much. You guys are thinking its like mad men where they are like personal assistants fetching you coffee and running errands and shit like that and they're not. They answer your phones, type letters, put together documents, do any work errands (fedex this, file this, get me X file, etc), take care of your expenses and time reports, shit like that. They do NOT take your hat and coat when you walk in and have your favorite breakfast on your desk. Haha.The real question is do you get to hire your secretary? They retitled all of ours. They are now assistants, either general or personal. Don't ask me.
There actually are private bathrooms in some firms but I don't think so at this firm. That'd be for like senior partners anyway which I definitely am not.Cut the bullshit cad, Do you get your own bathroom behind a door that doesn't look like a door or not ?
The sharing thing is actually really annoying because then they are fucking busy when you ask for something, always takes them longer to do it or they are out of the office doing X errand for Steve or Bob, rather than doing what you need. When you don't have to share it improves the service a lot.Well they may not have breakfast and coffee for you but at least you don't have to share her and worry about gettying herpes from Steve or Bob down the hall.
I have no idea, I have no visibility to their hiring or salary. I could ask, but it seems insulting.My fianc?es secretary made the same as me for a little while, luckily i had the ego to handle it.
How much you think yours will make?
Take the deal, that's worth it right there, I get to pick my own office furniture.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.I could never be trusted to hire a secretary for myself.. it'd be all hot women desperate for money.
I don't make the money you will be making but here they just gave you a budget and told you to tell the secretary to make it happen.I think there's probably 4 or 5 styles you can pick from, they aren't going to let you get antique furniture or something crazy.
I'm VP of engineering (I'm not an engineer) and I have a secretary and the department (we have 2-1/2 engineers) has one just for them.I'm an engineer, we don't get secretaries