Message #65111

[itsme_calista]

My boss is stopping by the office this afternoon so I'm going to try and have a word with him then.  It makes me so cross that our profession, one that we train hard for, have to be the face of the company, need to be on top of everything at all times, is so overlooked.  It makes me very angry to be so dismissed.

Misslynn, thanks for your advice, unfortunately it is really hard to do in this company.  I work in a satellite office about 50 miles from the Head Office, it's just me and my boss (although there is a company call centre and operating depot here), and I have no contact with anyone other than the support functions and two other PAs (neither of which are particularly ambitious or bothered about how we are treated).

There aren't really any meetings we can get involved in and the CEO already blocked our attendance to the Management Conferences!  

I can already have business discussions with my boss, I can translate the P&L statements, analyse the management accounts etc.  It's not necessarily my boss, he kind of understands but I don't think he realises how frustrating it is and tbh he doesn't know half of what I'm capable of because he's rarely in the office.  

I was counting on the appraisal to deal with that and at least we have an official record to base some objectives on but now I'm not getting that.  An informal conversation is not the route I wanted to go, I wanted something formal.

Don't get me wrong, it's not about more money or status, this is about getting recognition for the job I do, and him understanding that he has someone who is frustrated working for him, he's just done five Directors appraisals and made the commitment to work through their frustrations, but he doesn't realise my frustrations and lack of work.  I'm slowly turning back into and administrator and pushing paper.

Sorry, I'm ranting now.

Callie