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The Lounge
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Diane
GMT · 3m ago
🔥 RantHOT
Someone just booked a 'quick meeting to discuss the agenda' for a meeting that already has an agenda. I coordinate seven executives. I have arranged 14 catering orders this week. I am working from my kitchen table and my patience is thinner than the paper I no longer print.
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Priya
IST · 18m ago
🙋 Need AdviceHOT
How do you stop a director from cc'ing you on every single email 'just so you're in the loop'? I have 847 unread emails. I am the loop. I am drowning in the loop.
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Bex
GMT · 40m ago
📊 Poll
It's 5:28 PM on a Friday. A senior leader just emailed asking for 'a quick update'. What do you do?
Pretend I didn't see it until Monday
Reply at 5:29 PM out of spite
Draft a response and then delete it
Close the laptop and go for a walk
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Bex
GMT · 45m ago
📖 Story TimeHOT
Had to reschedule the same board meeting four times because one non-exec can never do Tuesdays, one can never do mornings, and one is 'flexible but not Fridays.' I finally found a slot. It took three weeks. It is a Tuesday morning. Nobody said a word.
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Nadia
CET · 1h ago
🎉 Small WinHOT
Set up a Calendly link, sent it to the entire leadership team, and not a single person has emailed me asking 'when are you free?' today. Day one. We don't celebrate small victories enough.
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Karen
EST · 3h ago
☁️ Just Venting
Remote admin life means you're expected to be available instantly on Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, email, AND a phone call 'just to confirm you saw the email.' Meanwhile I am also managing five inboxes, two shared calendars, and a spreadsheet that has a spreadsheet inside it.
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Ruth
PST · 7h ago
🔥 RantHOT
They gave us a new expenses system. The training video is 47 minutes long. I have to resubmit every receipt from October. October. I have been in admin for eleven years and I have never felt closer to simply walking into the sea.