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« on: July 16, 2001, 06:52:20 am » |
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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?
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bethalize
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2001, 06:59:47 am » |
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"My PA, Liz". No harm in that - correct title and name.
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Katie G
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2001, 07:28:09 am » |
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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."
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nolalady
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2001, 07:34:51 am » |
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My boss uses my name (Kellye) and when speaking with other people she uses "my Assistant Kellye".
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dedlered
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2001, 08:16:35 am » |
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I am referred to as My EA, Laura.
Perfectly fine with me
Laura
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winkiebear
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2001, 09:01:19 am » |
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Hehehe, I'm giggling, because my beloved boss refers to me as "We Love Stephanie", and when she says that, she sings it .....
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countrigal
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2001, 09:35:45 am » |
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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!
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spitfire78
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2001, 11:12:45 am » |
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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!!!
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jahdra
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2001, 11:23:56 am » |
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Either as "my assistant" or as "my assistant, Jahdra" or just by my name. Sometimes, I'm just "the Queen of (MS)Office."
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dragonladybug
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2001, 11:55:17 am » |
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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!)
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dettu
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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."
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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.
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phoenix55
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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?).
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countrigal
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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!
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msgladiator
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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).
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