Anyone else here the only EA at their company? I support the top 4 execs and feel very isolated

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Yes, they seem to thin us out pretty good.

I go to other places and see teams of EAs and am like WTF AM I DOING WRONG lol

I used to support 3, am now one 1. it was just the luck that my boss and I had a great interview and bod in the meeting. all depends what you ask for when you interview.

Yes. First agency had over 20, next agency had ten, next had five. Current agency started with three, the other two were laid off. Now its just me. Surprised there was less work after the two were let go, but they created so many messes, its less work to just do their jobs on top of mine. It gets lonely some days. People are afraid Ill rat themto the CEO. If only they knew how little I cared about office gossip, they’d probably all wanna hang!

I actually like working alone. No drama.

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