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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is your title?[/quote]

My full title is pretty specific so won’t list it here but I am a manager.[/quote]

So not C-level?  Did you not mean to imply that in your op?[/quote]

I work in the C-suite as a manager.  I’m sorry I wasn’t clear (I was not intending to mislead). [/quote]

Ok that makes a difference. That said yes to echo PP you should still address it with your CEO since he's your manager. What do you say ? "Hi I feel like my current scope/projects do not align with the job description I thought I was hired for/I'm concerned about my career growth based on current trajectory of projects/I'd like to explore projects more in line with [insert your job description/whatever you actually want to do]."

There are so many ways to do OP. Please don't overthink this. You won't make it to C-suite if you are anxious about directly and professionally addressing your current situations. [/quote]

I feel like this is the right idea, but a bad script.  You definitely want to highlight tasks and work that were discussed in your interview that you would like to do, but try not to sound critical.  The above sounds like you are accusing them of misleading you about the job and that they are creating a problem.

I would be more inclined to say that you are happy to be working there.  Mention projects or tasks that were discussed in your interview (be specific) and say that you would like to start working towards taking over or developing those projects as discussed in your interview.  I would never say that your current role does not align with the job description (accusing the management of misleading you), or that you are concern about your career growth based on current assignments (they are mismanaging you).  The statements in the PP's script sound critical of your management.

However, you can make that same point by asking how to work towards your goals and tasks previously discussed without making the comments critical of how management has handled your job since you were hired.

I would also ask if you can be assigned a desk or office with more privacy rather than the desk assigned to the CEO's assistant.  You can say that your work gets interrupted very frequently sitting at the assigned desk and that many people mistake you as <previous EA's> replacement.[/quote]

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