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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Omg. Just print that stupid stuff. While not a fed I am an SVP and do Admin work all the time for my EVP. We are a team and this is how we are more efficient and function better. 
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+1.  you already printed out the calendar.  just make a copy of it for him.  and going forward, print out 2.  and start pushing some more administrative tasks down to your staff.
if he were asking you to organize ALL of his materials, it would be a different story.  
being organized and helping my bosses is PART of what helped me rise to upper management- basically being a reliable, organized, knowledgeable resource[/quote]

Op back again. We are both 40. He is male, I am female. I don't THINK it's a gender thing. I think it's just his poor time management. We don't have admin (just the big boss has admin, and the new guy is the admin for the deputy big boss).  (No xerox bc we don't have a color copier btw). My subordinates don't do my admin.  They have job responsibilities that are clear and specific. Maybe if we have a big project they will stuff envelopes or something, but they know in advance they'll be supporting. Or if there is something UNEXPECTED that comes up, like "The big boss needs you right away!" I could see myself asking for help from them for something that pops up.  But I can't imagine mismanaging my own time such that I am unprepared for a regularly occuring weekly meeting. [/quote]

Here's the thing - you ARE unprepared for a regularly occurring weekly meeting.  One of YOUR jobs is to make HIS job easier.  I would say the same thing if your roles were switched.  Ask him a day or two in advance what needs to be done for the meeting.  This is called managing up.  Learn to do it.[/quote]

+1.   Print TWO of everything you are taking to this regular. occurring. weekly.  meeting.  Just do it.[/quote]

Yes. He is a man baby... you need to take care of him.   :roll:

Good Lord Women!

No. Next time he asks you to print his calendar assign it to one of the men that work for him. That won't last long. [/quote]

NO.  No - I am a woman and I work for a woman.  Unlike OP, I work in a corporate environment and when something needs to get done, we DO IT.  This attitude is why I left government work.  I am considerate of all of my teammates - the ones above and below me.[/quote]

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