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Title: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: andrea843 on July 16, 2001, 06:52:20 am Having been called everything from "the girl" or "the secretary" to "my assistant" to simply "andrea" .....out of curiosity, how does your boss refer to you to third parties?
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: bethalize on July 16, 2001, 06:59:47 am "My PA, Liz". No harm in that - correct title and name.
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: Katie G on July 16, 2001, 07:28:09 am Simply by my name. The position never enters into it, which is just fine with me since we have a few "old school" types around here who wouldn't deal with me directly if they thought I was "just the secretary."
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: nolalady on July 16, 2001, 07:34:51 am My boss uses my name (Kellye) and when speaking with other people she uses "my Assistant Kellye".
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: dedlered on July 16, 2001, 08:16:35 am I am referred to as My EA, Laura.
Perfectly fine with me Laura Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: winkiebear on July 16, 2001, 09:01:19 am Hehehe, I'm giggling, because my beloved boss refers to me as "We Love Stephanie", and when she says that, she sings it .....
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: countrigal on July 16, 2001, 09:35:45 am from the folks I support I here them refer to me as:
"my assistant, XXXX" "Our database genious, XXXX" "Our Program Specialist, XXXX" or "Our salvation, XXXX" Yup, they all love me here and I'm happy to be here! Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: spitfire78 on July 16, 2001, 11:12:45 am Usually, it's "my secretary,xxxx." However, in the past I had one dearly beloved boss who used to call me "The Boss". If anyone asked him for an appointment, he would say, "You have to speak to The Boss." Or, he'd call me and say, "Boss, what's happening on Tuesday next week?". It just doesn't get any better than that!!!
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: jahdra on July 16, 2001, 11:23:56 am Either as "my assistant" or as "my assistant, Jahdra" or just by my name. Sometimes, I'm just "the Queen of (MS)Office."
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: dragonladybug on July 16, 2001, 11:55:17 am When speaking, he'll usually say "my admin" or sometimes "my assistant" - what's funny is when he puts it in an e-mail he always types it as "my Ad min".
To me, he just says "Debra" - but they all tease me frequently about being "The Queen" (I even have a crown!) Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: dettu on July 16, 2001, 02:20:50 pm Bossie has referred to me as "my secretary" more than once, and I always correct him: I am *not* your secretary! Everyone laughs about that and they know better...I'm an AA and everyone else just calls me by name. I noticed that in emails to others he refers to me as "my assistant, dettu."
Title: Umm, by my maiden name. Post by: adassistant on July 16, 2001, 03:01:37 pm Just kidding, I think that after a year now, that he's finally gotten used to my married name! LOL!
Anyway, it's either by my first name, or if the person he's talking to does not know him or me, then he'll say his assitant, and then my first name, and then he goes on and on about how I run the department, blah, blah, blah. Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: phoenix55 on July 16, 2001, 08:13:16 pm To those who don't know me, he refers to me as "Karen, my Administrative Manager;" to those who do know me, "The Divine Mrs. M." (M being the first letter of my last name, of course). They used to call me Mrs. Wiggens (remember the Carol Burnett/Tim Conway skit?).
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: countrigal on July 17, 2001, 07:41:32 am Well I just had a new one.... One of the guys I supports just introduced me yesterday afternoon like this:
"I'm the So-and-So (job title) and I work with So-and-So#2, and this is CountriGal, our boss. She keeps us in line, tells us what to do, etc." I guess when I jokingly answered his question "What do I do?" with "You work for me" he took me seriously. Is it true? No. But as long as they believe I'm boss I'll let them go, it causes less heartaches for me. Life is good! I love my job! Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: msgladiator on July 17, 2001, 11:17:02 am My boss along with most everyone else uses my first name when referring me to others, except for the admin who sometimes uses my first name but usually says "my boss".
I have to say that over the course of my career I've been called a number of things, including Radar -- everything from "my secretary", "my clerk", "my assistant", etc. If you don't like what you're being called, say something about it (tactfully and professionally of course). Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: vegasadmin on July 17, 2001, 05:18:48 pm My employer generally calls me by and refers to me by first name, though sometimes he calls me "my secretary". My title is technically Office Manager, but I don't think he's aware of such subtleties! And since I'm the only person in the office besides him, secretary works just as well, since I'm actually everything. <g> (I had to laugh a couple of weeks ago when he had to call me and ask what me last name was. He'd completely blanked on it and just couldn't think of it.)
Colleen Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: radaro on July 18, 2001, 08:05:36 am My title is Executive Assistant and my boss refers to me by my first name or as "my assistant"
For a while, we had a consultant here who would refer to me as "so-and-so's secretary". Each time I would correct him and say that I was an assistant. Finally, I went to the Office Team web-site, downloaded and printed the job descriptions. I found "Executive Assistant", highlighted it and then gave it to the consultant. Now he calls me "so-and-so's assistant". Yay! A small victory. Title: Re: what's the difference Post by: spitfire78 on July 18, 2001, 11:18:34 am Just out of curiosity... I see that some of you really prefer being called "assistant" as opposed to "secretary". And I can tell that some of you feel very strongly about it, too. I'm kind of curious to know why you feel strongly about being called assistant, and what you feel the difference is between secretary and assistant.
Title: Re: what's the difference Post by: radaro on July 18, 2001, 11:35:53 am Seeing as this comment came immediately after mine, I figured that you think I am one of those people!
I don't like being called a secretary mainly because I have never ever had any formal secretarial training (okay, I did take grade 10 typing). I like to think of myself as my boss's assistant, kinda of like his "right hand man". Also, I think the role of secretary has transformed so much over the last 10-15 years that there really is no such thing as a "secretary" anymore. Even if you are called secretary you are more likely doing the work of an assistant. As I mentioned, Office Team does not use the term "secretary", of course, it may be in name only. "If you call a rose by any other name does it not smell as sweet?" Title: Re: what's the difference Post by: bohorquez on July 19, 2001, 12:16:13 am My director Ken refers to me as his assistant. On his voicemail, he'll just mention my first name.
I don't like that everyone else in the office calls me the "receptionist" and that's because I'm not just the receptionist. I'm the Administrative Specialist. I know you guys like that title! But when there are no clients around I'm "Bridge.... Hey Bridge" and my boss Karen sometimes calls me "Bridgey poo" when I know she needs some help with her computer. Bridget Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: eclecticone on July 20, 2001, 10:08:59 am One of the consultants I support refers to me as "The Queen." I rather like that moniker. She's also been known to call me "Quick Draw" because she says that whenever she needs something, I've done it practically before she's had a chance to ask.
Generally speaking, most folks just use my name when referring to me. When a title is necessary for distinguishing my role on one of our project teams, or when introduced to a client, I'm either "my assistant" or "AA." Regarding title distinction between secretary or "administrative _______" I have to say that I, too, would prefer not to be called "secretary." Not that there's anything wrong with that role, but I do feel that a secretary's job responsibilities differ from mine. I think that as an administrative assistant there is a less defined boundary between my role and others within my practice. Where I work, that equates to more room for growth. That's just my $.02. ;D Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: energizer on July 20, 2001, 10:48:49 am Usually, "My Assistant, Kathy" or just "My Assistant."
Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: bethalize on July 20, 2001, 11:15:17 am Secretary: someone who works in an office and writes letters, makes telephone calls, arranges meetings and organizes documents for a particular person or for a company, organization etc.
Sure, I do some of that. But my boss also does it for herself. I do lots and lots of other things. I do figures and research and costings and client management and planning and lots of other things. The least of what I do is typing. That's why I am an administrative assistant (a personal assistant, in fact) not a secretary. New title for new jobs. Title: Re: how does your employer refer to you? Post by: spitfire78 on July 21, 2001, 12:16:04 am Thanks, Bethalize. That's what I was looking for. I have been a secretary for many years in the same company. My position is actually classified as "secretary." We do have some positions classified as administrative assistant, but in reality, those people don't do anything different from what I do - typing, organizing meetings, opening and responding to correspondence, answering phones, travel arrangements, etc. They just do it for someone higher up in the company! So, in our company there really are no distinguishing differences other than your boss' rank. I was just curious when I saw some of the posts what people feel is the difference. Because I have been at the same place for so long, I guess I'm a little "out of touch" as far as the latest classifications and job descriptions.
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