What parts of the standard EA duties (not the annoying tack-on personal assistant stuff) do y'all hate the most or just absolutely not like doing? Mine is expenses and note-taking.

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Continuous changing of reservations. Planes, hotels, dinners. Nothing annoys me more than the Sunday night call to change a flight. Costs the firm thousands which would be better served in my bonus.

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Honestly, it depends on frequency, how much they respect me and how I am generally treated. If it's an amazing executive who sees me as an equal contributor, I'll do the occasional outside of work hour changes. If it's a shitty exec, I'll be creative about how I wiggle out of it. I def won't be doing that on a regular for someone who doesn't value me

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Meeting notes taking part, managing very busy calendars sometimes executives dont understand we cant create time, we can manage whatever is there!

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This! Sometimes it like they think we come with a magic wand😂

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It depends on how well I am treated and respected and valued by the executive. If they're shitty to me, I won't go out of my way to accommodate them. I'd definitely do it in a non-confrontational way, but yeah I won't be bending over backwards for someone who doesn't respect me

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Hate answering phones unless my attorneys are on conference calls.

Sigh...I can't even imagine. I'm thankful I've never had to do this

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