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Answering Reader Mail: Can an EA salary support a family?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I believe you can raise a family on an EA salary whether alone or with a significant other. Also look thru your employee handbook to save as much money as possible with your company matching 401k program and pre-tax contributions, employee discounts and perks, paid on going education, flexible spending accounts, etc. Do a great job.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

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This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries. Once morale is corrupted by notices of lay-offs and salary cuts, “cheap becomes expensive.&#. It goes back to the close interrelationship of employees with managers and all departments.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

Service Untitled

This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries. Once morale is corrupted by notices of lay-offs and salary cuts, “cheap becomes expensive.&#. It goes back to the close interrelationship of employees with managers and all departments.

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Taylor's a Feminist – But So Is James | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

That means that if I take a salaried job today, I might be earning $32,550 while the guy next to me earns $35,000. Many of you with families would gladly take on a job at twice your current salary even if it meant some sort of weird workplace problem. Women over 25? They were still stuck with 79 cents to the dollar. Not nearly.

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Fear of Success | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

And my salary provides the means to allow me to enjoy many other aspects in life. My friend used to burst into tears whenever she saw one, because she couldn’t breastfeed for medical reasons even though she wanted to. Sure, my cubicle job sucks at times. So, who’s really “succesful&# , here? Definitive statements.

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