“To give an executive assistant the power to organize your life/business is to give them the power to ruin it.” So said Greg Bulmash, chief creative officer of Bulmash Media. He’s not wrong. But the allure of someone else doing the daily life tasks that weigh us down is strong.
Callum Borchers recently wrote in the Wall Street Journal about people who hire executive assistants to help run their lives. Whether virtual, in person, or AI powered, these assistants help with everything from scheduling pediatrician appointments to managing work calendars.
And that’s where the problem comes in.
While Borcher’s subjects are careful to declare they don’t step on workplace boundaries, noting that personally hired assistants don’t have access to the workplace Slack channel or the client’s work email, your employees may not be so careful.
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