u/Time-Environment5661

My theory is management are embarrassed to cop to not having done anything about the problem admin.

I’m terrified of AI replacing us. I’m worried we’re horse drawn carriages, and cars have just hit the market. Really, really struggling to stay positive.

hello there! I have a friend who is traveling to Japan & Korea this summer and has offered to bring back perfumes for me. the only brand with which I’m familiar from either country is J Scent. please tell me about other fragrance houses from these two countries!

is anyone else finding this new update….absolute shit garbage? it gets things wrong and (at least at my company) won’t allow me to change errors that auto populated (missing hotel credits, CAD vs USD etc)

booooo, this new tool sucks!

Pink Collar Workers (1977) by Louise Kapp Howe makes the argument that work done primarily by women has never been treated as “real” professional work, even though organizations often depend on it. She shows how these jobs became gendered, why they offered so little mobility despite requiring significant skill, and how that in turn shaped women’s economic lives.

I like what this book says about status & how status relates to authority and agency at work. LKH describes how women can become experts in how organizations actually function while still being excluded from decision-making. I kept thinking while I was reading the book how often we as EAs and admins are expected to solve operational problems but aren’t really listened to when we identify and describe them.

If you’re an EA, this book is worth reading. It’s almost 50 years old (and you have to look for secondhand copies), and a lot of what LKH describes can still be seen today.

The major arguments of the book are:

1. “Naturalization” of women’s work is ideological
2. Pink-collar work is structurally trapped
3. Emotional labor is real labor (even if unpaid or unrecognized)
4. Women’s employment is shaped by “second-class labor status”

How that relates to our jobs:

• hierarchical office systems
• male managerial control
• “support role” invisibility
• wage ceilings despite skill

Key point: clerical work is treated as “unskilled,” even when it requires precision, speed, and judgment.

(thank you for coming to my low rent, tumblr style post. This book is good- go read it!!)

I’m getting a burnt popcorn note from my sample spray this AM— I’m in office and all I want to do is scrub this scent off me!!

Me: Sorry to bother you— I don’t see the most recent weekly highlights in the shared folder, is it possible they’re still marked private?

Her: I am not sure but I sent you the highlights. It was sent early today.

Me: The link only worked to open the general highlights page, when I open this month’s folder I don’t see them: (screenshot of the folder, where the weekly highlights aren’t)

Her: Yes that is the access (her manager) gave

Me: Yes, but I don’t see the most recent highlights.

Her: Just resent it to you. i was sent to you (my manager) and (her manager) this morning. You’re welcome.

😑😑😑

Teams message I sent to my admin coworker, Jean, at 11:30 am on Monday: “(My manager/the global group head) has asked for a meeting with her direct reports & our HRBP so that HRBP can go over the company wide survey results. Based on availability, it looks like that will need to be scheduled for the week (my manager) and (Jean‘s manager, the NAMER group head) are in the UK for (big company event). Right now a good option looks like between 11am-1pm NYC time on Monday, July 6th. I see however that that is cutting it close after her flight has landed. If I set the meeting during that window, would that give (Jean’s manager) enough time to get to wherever she’d need to be after arriving in London?

Jean sees this message, because at the top of the 1pm meeting we had via Teams on that same Monday she spent about five minutes discussing constraints with me, and I said I’d check calendars to see if there was any flexibility for when the meeting could happen.

I then send this email to Jean on Tuesday at noon (HRBP is based in the UK): “Hi Jean, Following up on my Teams message yesterday about scheduling the (requested meeting) for (my manager), her direct reports, and HRBP: because HRBP will be out on vacation starting July 8, the meeting needs to take place before then. Based on the attendees' aviability, the only remaining one-hour options that work are Monday, July 6 at 11:00am NYC, and Monday, July 6 at 12:00pm NYC. Could you please confirm whether (Jean’s manager) would be able to attend at either of those times, given her travel schedule? If neither time works for her, please let me know whether she is comfortable missing this meeting. (My manager) has asked me to send the invite by end of day NYC time today, so I would appreciate your confirmation when you can. Thank you!”

Nothing from Jean by Tuesday EOD, I send the invite.

Jean, Wednesday at 10:45am: “I am not seeing you message. (Jean’s manager) is traveling to London on that date and she arrives in London at 9:35pm GMT. I know she needs to attend the meeting so let me speak to her on the times you are offering and see what I can do to make this happen.”

Me: ”Thanks, Jean. Just to clarify, I sent the Teams message about this meeting on Monday; I double-checked our Teams chat and confirmed the message is still there. We also discussed it briefly on the phone at the start of our 1pm meeting on Monday, when I mentioned that I would look into other calendar options. I did, and July 6th was the only workable time. Since (my manager) had asked that the invite go out by EOD Tuesday, I went ahead and sent the invite. Please let me know if (Jean’s manager) is unable to attend due to travel, as this was the only slot that worked for the other attendees before HRBP’s vacation. Thanks.”

Jean: “(Jean’s manager) is on vacation so I generally info her of what is needed. She saw the invite and wants to attend. As I shared I have reached out to her and I am awaiting her response on what I have suggested so she can attend. I don’t think you will need to change anything on her behalf. I will get back to you.”

about an hour later I find out Jean’s manager is on an *airplane* at this time, and I bang my head against the wall wondering why Jean didn’t start with that. Every. Goddamn. Day. With this woman.

any help appreciated :)

Hello! I have fallen in love with Debaser.

What I can offer: Dopamine Rose, Sorce’s Serpentine, Gisou Honey Hair Perfume, Replica Autumn Leaves, Tomato Bebe, Ffern Autumn 21, a lot of figgy samples.

TY fragrance fans!

🏀

what should I wear tonight? obviously going to Stele for the occasion.

hello neighbors! I’m a sober queen looking for a good outdoor spot for the Knicks game tomorrow. does anyone have a good rec? thank you!

Sorce perfumes: GORGEOUS scents, gorgeous packaging etc……VERY HARD TO SPRAY SAMPLE SPRITZERS!!

(or maybe I have the weak hands of a child, idk)

being held in summit

conductor said “I wish I was joking”

…with this asshole.

have fun booking 200 flights, girl! never antagonize someone whose help you need 😘

Hi—— I’m on the top floor of an apartment building in Brooklyn, we had heavy rain two nights ago. I’ve noticed a (probably small?) amount of ants in my bedroom near the window. I’ve sprayed raid, cleaned it up, and am about to set up Terro traps.

Since I’m three stories up and this is the first time I’ve noticed this problem after living here a few years: how worried should I be, and how quickly can I get things back to normal? I don’t want ants in my bed 😫

I’ve felt like Cassandra at work lately. Trying to prevent the sacking of Troy only for those who didn’t heed me to ask why they’re on fire. Has anyone ever successfully communicated this to Their Person?

*Don Draper yelling at Peggy voice*

“THAT’S WHAT THE PHONE BUTTON IS FOR”

(the weirdest, lowest stakes, and most consistent form of learned helplessness I see in managers)