Message #73202

[gee4]

Cathy,

I don't think it's a question of being isolated at all.  As mentioned previously, I feel it's about being in the same company/job for 15 or 20 years.  We become stale, set in our ways and yet there's a big bad world out there.

I have just had some very positive and interesting feedback about myself, so obviously what I do is being noticed and noted.

Over the years whilst I have been made redundant I have taken work where I can and that includes temporary contracts.  You gain experience in doing so and I think that's why I have such a different approach when I go about my daily work, whereas others plod along doing the same thing every day with their eyes shut.  I agree, it can't be motivating.

For me, the reason I posted this thread initially is, there has to be some common sense in what we do each day and if being pro-active is one of those attributes (which I have just been praised for) then some of these PAs need to get their act together.  For me it's a no brainer.

In a company this size, with so many admin staff, I cannot believe there is no admin network to speak of, even from a corporate/division perspective.  Perhaps in the past 20 years it was tried, tested and was found to be unproductive.