Comments on: It’s Administrative Professionals’ Day! http://asymptotia.com/2008/04/23/its-administrative-professionals-day/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:11:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/04/23/its-administrative-professionals-day/#comment-116307 Clifford Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:24:21 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/04/23/its-administrative-professionals-day/#comment-116307 A whole week! Yay! -cvj A whole week! Yay!

-cvj

]]> By: ljs http://asymptotia.com/2008/04/23/its-administrative-professionals-day/#comment-116305 ljs Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:39:36 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/04/23/its-administrative-professionals-day/#comment-116305 Thanks so much for the card! It seems that we are actually in the midst of Administrative Professionals Week ... who knew! Thanks so much for the card! It seems that we are actually in the midst of Administrative Professionals Week … who knew!

]]> By: IrrationalPoint http://asymptotia.com/2008/04/23/its-administrative-professionals-day/#comment-116273 IrrationalPoint Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:24:21 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/04/23/its-administrative-professionals-day/#comment-116273 I know it was a lighthearted comment, but professors' day is every day. It's another privilege thing. Admin staff are generally underpaid, overworked, and in many cases treated with not the world's most stellar standards of courtesy. (Yes, I know, arguably so are academics, but not nearly to the same extent, and academics generally don't have the same invisibility that admin staff do.) So a a day to recognise the work of admin staff is one small way of trying to redress the balance (like Take Your Daughter To Work Day) -- it's quite right that there is no day for other professions that don't get as raw a deal. Cheers, IP I know it was a lighthearted comment, but professors’ day is every day. It’s another privilege thing. Admin staff are generally underpaid, overworked, and in many cases treated with not the world’s most stellar standards of courtesy. (Yes, I know, arguably so are academics, but not nearly to the same extent, and academics generally don’t have the same invisibility that admin staff do.) So a a day to recognise the work of admin staff is one small way of trying to redress the balance (like Take Your Daughter To Work Day) — it’s quite right that there is no day for other professions that don’t get as raw a deal.

Cheers,
IP

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