Okay did you all really think I could let this thread go by without comment? Nahhhh.  I disagree with some of what was said, there's no shortage of good admins, further, there's no shortage of good bosses either.  There's a shortage of good communicators.  



How many posts have you seen on these very boards where someone has made the statement, "gee Im not good at asking for what I want".  Relating to more money, more respect, and a variety of other issues.  How does one get the sugar passed to them at the dining room table? they ask for it.



Until more of us do just that individually AND As a group, you wont see much more change than you already have.  Admins, as a group are on the cusp of great things, more of us are moving into management than ever before, some of us are going virtual, and some, will be content to suffer poor treatment, and lack of respect because we fear asking for better.  We fear losing our jobs, we fear being blacklisted, and yet what very few realize is that Admins and other support personnel make the world tick.  



There is power here folks, a great deal of it, you just have to reach out and touch it.  Part of that power comes from mentoring others, part of it comes from within, but to make the statement that there just aren't any good jobs out there, or good bosses out there, or real money out there is defeatest.



You  want it? The brass ring? Then you must ask for it.  Sometimes the reply is a resounding "NO!" and sometimes it's a "maybe" but more and more often the answer will be "yes".  Seek.... and ye shall indeed find!



My four pence,,,

Andrea