Thank you for your responses to the previous article (Secretary’s Day – How important is it?, 26 September 2008).
I am including some of the responses below.
If you would like your opinion to be considered for publishing on this blog, please mail me at: officeshana@gmail.com
Please include your name, occupation, industry in which you work and the number of years that you have been in the administrative profession. Please indicate what details you would like included with your comment.
"Secretaries Day is important but I don't think it's reason enough to resign if your boss forgets it all the time. There were obviously other underlying issues that caused that secretary to resign"
Barbara, Admin. Assistant, 11 years experience
Andrea - whose story was published in the previous article - responds:
"I definitely did not resign solely because of the Secretaries Day issue. There were other reasons."
“To a secretary, Secretarys Day is a very important day in the year. The only people that will say it’s not an important day is someone who is not a secretary”
Carmen, 12 years experience
“I hope bosses are listening here: Secretaries like to be rewarded on Secretaries Day. Please remember!”
Michelle, PA, 9 years experience
“I have been a secretary in the same company for 15 years. I am never off sick and I do a good job. Never in 15 years have I received even a chocolate on Sec’s Day. It would be nice to be acknowledged for my contribution to the company.”
Zaida, 17 years experience
“Secretary’s Day is an important day because it celebrates Secretaries. I think bosses should realise this and come to the party.”
Rene, PA, 8 years experience
"Although it's no reason to resign it is an important day for Secretaries the world over. We're not asking for expensive gifts we just want a small token of appreciation. Although the expensive gifts wouldn't be that bad at all :-)"
Joy, 5 years experience
"A note to bosses - All year long we make you coffee, work late, handle your demands with a smile and work very very hard. The least you can do is say 'Happy Secretary's Day' and thank us for all that we do".
I am including some of the responses below.
If you would like your opinion to be considered for publishing on this blog, please mail me at: officeshana@gmail.com
Please include your name, occupation, industry in which you work and the number of years that you have been in the administrative profession. Please indicate what details you would like included with your comment.
"Secretaries Day is important but I don't think it's reason enough to resign if your boss forgets it all the time. There were obviously other underlying issues that caused that secretary to resign"
Barbara, Admin. Assistant, 11 years experience
Andrea - whose story was published in the previous article - responds:
"I definitely did not resign solely because of the Secretaries Day issue. There were other reasons."
“To a secretary, Secretarys Day is a very important day in the year. The only people that will say it’s not an important day is someone who is not a secretary”
Carmen, 12 years experience
“I hope bosses are listening here: Secretaries like to be rewarded on Secretaries Day. Please remember!”
Michelle, PA, 9 years experience
“I have been a secretary in the same company for 15 years. I am never off sick and I do a good job. Never in 15 years have I received even a chocolate on Sec’s Day. It would be nice to be acknowledged for my contribution to the company.”
Zaida, 17 years experience
“Secretary’s Day is an important day because it celebrates Secretaries. I think bosses should realise this and come to the party.”
Rene, PA, 8 years experience
"Although it's no reason to resign it is an important day for Secretaries the world over. We're not asking for expensive gifts we just want a small token of appreciation. Although the expensive gifts wouldn't be that bad at all :-)"
Joy, 5 years experience
"A note to bosses - All year long we make you coffee, work late, handle your demands with a smile and work very very hard. The least you can do is say 'Happy Secretary's Day' and thank us for all that we do".
M., 9 years experience
“It is such a horrible feeling when the day passes on Secretary’s Day and all your admin friends are telling you what nice presents they got and your company gives you absolutely nothing not even a card.”
Sharon, Secretary
“If bosses make an effort to remember Secretaries Day then it shows how much of an interest they take. It feels good to know that your boss recognises and acknowledges your best efforts and it means a lot when bosses remember to do so on Secretaries Day”
Karen, 10 years experience
“Employers should also think beyond buying flowers. Nice gifts to receive on Secretarys Day would be gift vouchers, lunch or breakfast, or a voucher for a beauty treatment so we can treat ourselves because we work so hard”
Liesel, Secretary, 7 years experience
“I think that bosses and companies need to be reminded of Secretarys Day. Maybe there should be a company that actually has a service like that to remind companies and bosses. It could be named The Secretary Day Reminder Service. Now isn’t that a nice business idea.”
Nix, 2 years experience
“When I worked in an office there was always an issue with Secretaries Day. Either they forgot or bought dime-store gifts (not good!). Now I am self-employed and I treat myself on Secretaries Day. If your company doesn’t treat you on Secretaries Day, then do it yourself because you’re worth it”
Janice, Entrepreneur, Marketing Industry, 14 years experience
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