Six Figures for an “Executive Assistant”

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Anonymous wrote:How does one luck up into a job like this if they plan to go to grad school? Is the key to not say you have any plans?

That seems to be the people getting ahead with the pay.

The problem here is that many times people who are making over 100K are not looking to do something else, like go to grad school. They are making a career out of this role, not doing it until something better comes along.

Jeez. I’ve done this all wrong. I’ve told every hiring manager during and after college my plans to go back to school once I decide on a grad program.

[Anonymous]

100k ain't shit. The janitor and trash man make that get out of the 70s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100k ain't shit. The janitor and trash man make that get out of the 70s

I'm an EA making $130,000 and I'm happy for anyone making good money. I certainly live off of it so must be "shit" to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100k ain't shit. The janitor and trash man make that get out of the 70s

I have an advanced degree and make 80k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100k ain't shit. The janitor and trash man make that get out of the 70s

Most Americans don’t even make 75k. The DC area is super unique

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:100k ain't shit. The janitor and trash man make that get out of the 70s

I have an advanced degree and make 80k

That’s what I fear.

[Anonymous]

i am an admin that hustles very hard and makes $200k

but its a tough job these days with the internet, email, cell phones, signal.... ugh...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does one luck up into a job like this if they plan to go to grad school? Is the key to not say you have any plans?

That seems to be the people getting ahead with the pay.

OP, when you’re good at the job, they pay for your grad school. Though I’m guessing this might be hard for you to grasp….

[Anonymous]

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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?

I'm an EA making six figures without a bachelor's who watches a lot of Netflix. I do all my work that comes in, in a timely fashion. I pause Netflix or whatever I'm watching, and switch to music when doing work. But a lot of time I'm just monitoring my Inbox.

How do you get into a cushy role like this? I can pay my entire grad program tuition with a FT job salary like this.

Another one is “digital marketing strategist”. It’s one of those other cushy roles that pays slackers well.

I work for the GC and partners, but never associates. The associates keep their EA's very busy. Me? 5 minutes here, a half hour there.

[Anonymous]

We are going to get less and less essential workers the more we overpay Gen Z for fluff jobs like digital marketing and executive assistant . Who is going apply for the police academy or become an RN or teacher or go into STEM from Gen Alpha? Why do that if you can make 130k as an EA or marketing strategist with no advanced degree?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i am an admin that hustles very hard and makes $200k

but its a tough job these days with the internet, email, cell phones, signal.... ugh...

Do you believe you deserve about the same pay as a family medicine physician or the President?

[Anonymous]

We really have to be careful who we call our friends. OP is a prime example. OP, from the very first post, and every single person you have responded to after that, has consisted of shit-talking about your "friend." I don't care if my friend made 3x as much as me; if she asked me to purchase something, I would do it, no questions asked. Sounds like you have been helping this "friend" for many years, but there's a lot of bitterness behind it. I know that my friend would only ask for something if she was in a position of really needing my help. I would never feel anger or regret about it. We have a reciprocal relationship and have both helped each other in times of need. And if you really think she's asking as a way to take advantage of you, well, have you considered she doesn't think of you as a friend? You are definitely no friend of hers. You sound jealous, bitter, and obsessed. When my friend has successes, I am genuinely happy for her, and when she has failures, I hurt for her.

Definition of "snake in the grass" = OP.

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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 start looking for a better job for yourself rather than being bitter that she has a good job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How does one luck up into a job like this if they plan to go to grad school? Is the key to not say you have any plans?

That seems to be the people getting ahead with the pay.

OP, when you’re good at the job, they pay for your grad school. Though I’m guessing this might be hard for you to grasp….

The people getting this pay from my generation aren’t necessarily great at the jobs. They are on Snapchat and making TikToks all day, and they aren’t working their way up the corporate ladder to six figures+ either . They are getting this as starting pay.

There is a secret hack-perhaps it’s a cover letter and the indication of permanency that eases hiring managers. Telling your future career goals or having future goals works against a person apparently.

[Anonymous]

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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?

I'm an EA making six figures without a bachelor's who watches a lot of Netflix. I do all my work that comes in, in a timely fashion. I pause Netflix or whatever I'm watching, and switch to music when doing work. But a lot of time I'm just monitoring my Inbox.

How do you get into a cushy role like this? I can pay my entire grad program tuition with a FT job salary like this.

Another one is “digital marketing strategist”. It’s one of those other cushy roles that pays slackers well.

I am not the PP, but I was an EA who topped out at 110k. What is described above is basically how I did it for 10 years, with the last 3 years being "grad school" instead of "Netflix." I got the job through a friend from college who worked in the billing department of a BigLaw firm. I started out as a general admin assistant and worked really hard to find a permanent assignment with someone I liked working with. The work isn't difficult, but it can be both stressful and time-consuming. A lot of that depends on where you work and who you work with. I worked for people initially who had terrible boundaries and required a lot of after hours work or personal assistant work vs. administrative assistant work during the day. Ultimately, I was the EA of 2 partners in slower practice areas. I was responsible for more, but because it really was "monitoring inbox" a lot of the time, I went to grad school. I was up front with my boss the whole time because he and I had a good relationship. I finished school and helped him essentially transition my job out. The firm wasn't using the 1 assistant:2-3 attorneys anymore at that point.

As to how I got the role, when I did the job, it required a college degree, a good typing test score, and solid references. It was pre-2008 collapse so everyone was still going great guns hiring a ton of people. I doubt anyone would be able to replicate the trajectory since "legal secretary" is becoming less common and "executive assistants" can mean a lot of different stuff depending on company culture.