the weather is crappy and i just want to sleeeep

[tsuki_no_bara]

today was administrative professionals' day so a couple of the partners at work actually took the admins out for lunch! i was surprised. (every other year they've had lunch at the office. i don't know why this year was different.) we didn't get wine, which is fine with me since i don't really drink it, but we did get flowers and chocolate. a

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[nomercles]

I'm personally in favor of the day. Yeah, it makes it obligatory...but at the same time, I have known far too many bosses who still don't pay any attention, so anything that makes them take a look around and realize that the office manager is a bad ass who runs their lives. Yeah. I'm a big fan of Donna from Suits. I have never had a boss who appreciated my labor the way we all deserve, and damn it, I might not be Donna, but I always worked my ass off and they need to respect that.

Truffles, though lovely, are not enough. Admin Pro Day warrants a freaking bonus. (I get stompy about it how admins often get paid minimum wage and crapped on by their bosses. I will never forget that one boss who ordered me to buy his partner V-Day roses, and yelled at me for not psychically intuiting what kind. He docked my pay for those damned roses.)

That is a gorgeous poem! Happy Admin Pro Day! I hope next time you get chocolates +!

[tsuki_no_bara]

my boss at my previous job appreciated the work i did, but it was also a three-person office and i was the only one who knew where stuff was filed, because i'd filed it. and he knew that. now i work for a big corporate firm and i know some of the tax associates appreciate the work i do because they've told me. but the firm as a whole? eh. i don't think corporate culture has much room for explicitly appreciating the admins and various support staff, because we don't bring the money. we just make it possible for the rest of the employees to do it. so i think setting aside a day to appreciate your admins is nice, because god knows we deserve it, but at the same time, it's a hallmark holiday. we get one day to think higher-ups actually give a shit. woo. i'm still enjoying the chocolate, tho, and i brought the flowers home and even got compliments on them (from two total strangers!) on the t.

that boss who made you pay for roses for his partner was a dick.

[donutsweeper]

Ah, administrative professionals' day. I still remember the year we got little cards (attached to a 4pk of cheap chocolate) from the big boss saying "I've been informed today is administrative professionals' day and I am supposed to acknowledge the...." (I don't remember the rest verbatim something about the professionalism and work ethic we bring to the office or something but even though it's been probably 15 years or more I'll always remember that beginning because it's so phoned in. Way to make us feel special big boss!!) But, I agree with you. Never turning down chocolate is a GOOD policy. :)

[tsuki_no_bara]

oh my god, what an ass. that's a total fail. at least where i work, their appreciation sounds reasonably sincere. and the truffle flight is godiva. which, yum.

[seraphicwing]

Yay for free lunch though!

[tsuki_no_bara]

it was a good lunch, too!