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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Buy Nice Girls Don't Get The Corner Office. Read it closely.

You are damaging your own career by acting like you share a job with the long term admin. You don't. The men are not answering the phone because they know this. It's not your job to manage this woman or to do her job so stop doing it. [/quote]

+1.  I haven't read that book but there is no way I'd be answering phones as a backup.  [/quote]

Agree with this. I was once back up to a "personal calls" person as well, and flat out refused to back her up unless she was a) actually working or b) if she spoke to me personally and said something along the lines of, "I have a crisis with my son/a contractor/my demented mom. Would you mind covering my phones this morning while I sort it out?" Both of those things happened a lot less than randomly being on the phone with personal business, but they did happen.

I also talked to her pretty early on, maybe the second time her shirking caused problems for my work load, along the lines of, "Larla, I am normally happy to help cover the phones if you are busy, but today I have a very important filing/brief/whatever that is due in the afternoon and I just will not have time to help out. Just wanted to let you know!" It removed the expectation that I was always available to "help out".

Either way, OP, you've gotta get over the "but the phone ringing is annoying!" issue. [/quote]

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