Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

I make an incredible salary so when I tell my husband and friends I want to explore other avenues, they think I'm crazy. I also thought about money, salary negotiation, and how I was spending my time. I would rather buy used books on half.com vs driving in Los Angeles traffic to go the library for free books.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The news stories focus on completely legitimate reasons for why this is happening, such as staff taking early retirement, fears about Covid and not wanting to return to the office, lack of childcare, and of course, the search for better jobs at higher compensation. It costs a company 6-9 months of an employee’s annual salary to replace them.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It is known that age only plays a factor because the more years you have worked for a company the more expensive an employee is because of their salary, overtime, and other perks/benefits that are considered in the overall compensation package (401k matching, retirement, etc). In hindsight, I am 99.9%

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I ran a book club for 2 years. 11) Do your research Through all this outreach, you are hopefully getting interviews and introductory meetings booked. For example, I got promoted after being at a company fairly quickly. When I got promoted, I actually gave a gift to the person who got me my first job at the company.

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Brilliantly Better

MAY 16, 2010

An entrepreneur and paramedic she retired from a Multi-Million dollar business and give up a 6-figure salary to have more Time and Freedom! What can you get curious about? Makenzie Kelly is a Time Rescue ™ Expert and Avidly Curious about Time! She blogs about Ultimate Lifestyle Design at the Freedom Venture Project ™ Blog.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

When I am putting together an editing report or when I am fact-checking – I often work on books that match subject areas I studied. Now I can just work the job I want and retire happy&# I’m like, you moron, education never stops! Alas, that’s not going to happen, so books will have to do.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Time to think about the retirement fund.&# “We get to retire? No one ever told me that…&# We both know there’s no retirement fund in what we do. Not authors who sell books in stores. Twilight, New Moon, and the Gauntlet of Book-to-Movie Adaptations. We’re bloggers. We did this to ourselves.

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