Six Figures for an “Executive Assistant”

[Anonymous]

My friend gets a little above 100,000+ as an administrative/executive assistant (not fed ).

What am I doing wrong?

[Anonymous]

Not picking a career that created a lot of value, I guess?

[Anonymous]

This doesn’t surprise me. Good EAs are hard to come by.

[Anonymous]

She doesn’t have a college degree FYI. She watches Netflix and barely does her work. Is this the new trend?

How do you people get these high paying administrative gigs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t surprise me. Good EAs are hard to come by.

She took a month off 4 months after starting due to an ADHD diagnosis and COVID but then I saw her at a bar in Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t have a college degree FYI. She watches Netflix and barely does her work. Is this the new trend?

How do you people get these high paying administrative gigs?

Because she has to be available at the drop of a hat to cater to the demands of the executive, need to anticipate their needs, and needs to do it all well so the executive doesn’t have to think about minute details.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t surprise me. Good EAs are hard to come by.

She took a month off 4 months after starting due to an ADHD diagnosis and COVID but then I saw her at a bar in Georgetown.

OK well you were at a bar in Georgetown too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend gets a little above 100,000+ as an administrative/executive assistant (not fed ).

What am I doing wrong?

Obviously, you're not an executive assistant. Does that answer your question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t surprise me. Good EAs are hard to come by.

She took a month off 4 months after starting due to an ADHD diagnosis and COVID but then I saw her at a bar in Georgetown.

OK well you were at a bar in Georgetown too.

Well, I was shocked to see her there as I was concerned about her not answering her calls with what she called “super bad case of COVID” and Instacarted some groceries and ordered food for her that she requested from me due to her organization “freezing her pay’ due to the time off right after starting her job .

I will be honest here. I am upset I am in an administrative capacity and don’t make nearly as much as her and that she knows I make less and always waits for me to pay for things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t have a college degree FYI. She watches Netflix and barely does her work. Is this the new trend?

How do you people get these high paying administrative gigs?

Is she good looking?

[Anonymous]

EA Salaries have fallen a lot. Pre widspread use of Internet and Email. They were the gatekeepers and paid very well.

My Sister was an EA briefly at Goldman Sachs in late 90s, In the May 1999 IPO of Goldman many EA took home 200K.

My first job out of school the seasoned EAs at my Investment Bank made a ton of money.

But remember no cell phones or emails they were tied to that desk while Investment Banker or CEO was off making deals. Their bosses worked 60-70 hour weeks. The EA was there for everything And weekends, well if a client had a party, or client short on a golf outing one person, or boss forgot something they jump. I recall our EA the boss forgot the documents on day trip to Chicago and yelled at EA get my stuff and jump on first plane. Kinda like the Devil wears Prada type sweathsop work.

And they were all top of the class Katherine Gibbs graduates. This was a well paid profession up to around the year 2000.

I would not do it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t surprise me. Good EAs are hard to come by.

She took a month off 4 months after starting due to an ADHD diagnosis and COVID but then I saw her at a bar in Georgetown.

OK well you were at a bar in Georgetown too.

Well, I was shocked to see her there as I was concerned about her not answering her calls with what she called “super bad case of COVID” and Instacarted some groceries and ordered food for her that she requested from me due to her organization “freezing her pay’ due to the time off right after starting her job .

I will be honest here. I am upset I am in an administrative capacity and don’t make nearly as much as her and that she knows I make less and always waits for me to pay for things.

So just say no. This is really your own fault here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She doesn’t have a college degree FYI. She watches Netflix and barely does her work. Is this the new trend?

How do you people get these high paying administrative gigs?

Because she has to be available at the drop of a hat to cater to the demands of the executive, need to anticipate their needs, and needs to do it all well so the executive doesn’t have to think about minute details.

It's this. There is an expectation of 24/7 availability. Jobs like that pay up.

[Anonymous]

Op, you sound really pathetic.

[Anonymous]

We have one for our VP and she's actually overworked because they share her with 4 vps. This is a fortune 50 company