World's most overpaid secretary

[whimmydiddle]

*sigh*. Our AA quit, and until we get a new one, I'm doing some of her tasks. It makes sense; I'm a natural & sensible choice for many good reasons. I really don't mind it for any reason I can nail. But I some vague ill-defined feeling that I should mind. I suppose some folks would chafe at being assigned work that's "beneath" them, but that's not

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[jayel4192]

*sigh*. Our AA quit, and until we get a new one, I'm doing some of her tasks.

I had to re-read that sentence a few times. It took me far too long to remember that AA means administrative assistant in the real world. Finally got rid of the image of you trying to sponsor a bunch of bored/restless recovering alcoholics.

[pokeyburro]

Do you have the authority to arrange interviews for a replacement?

If not, it seems to me that you should, given that (a) you're doing much of that work and (b) you're thus the most motivated to get freed up. Assuming your boss is aware of how much he's swamped, offer to handle finding a new AA. If you do it right, he'll think you're doing him a favor. Plus, while it's more work for you in the short term, it's less in the long term.

[whimmydiddle]

He reviews resumes & has a temp who can set up interviews for him. I'm not sure what I can do in that department. I've just discovered that we've won some work that means we have to ramp up other hiring in a big way, so I will certainly recommend to him that he place a strong priority on getting that permanent AA! When the new one comes on board she won't be able to take on the work I'm doing immediately anyway; it's compiling status reports for customers from information provided by staff. The old AA didn't even do it all anyway, she just did some preliminary work that often enough hindered my efforts once it trickled down to me anyway. Mixed blessing. I'm of two minds on it.

[pokeyburro]

Heh. Sounds like it's you who needs the AA, not your boss...