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Chitchat What's Wrong With My EA? Should I fire her?

AhMeng

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My EA for 7 years is getting on my nerves. PowerPoint slides cockup, Excel sheets has fundamental errors. Wrong reservation of restaurant, spending so much time on her mobile! She doesn't use to be like this the last 7 years! Always super efficient and unassuming. I had an hour of one to one with her last Friday to find the shit is happening?

Guess what? She says she is already 33 this year and she is hoping to get married, hence her drop in work efficiency?!?

I told her as a friend (not as boss) that marriage is not a bullet point in a document checklist! Nothing to rush and she should take life as it comes. Blah blah blah... I asked her why the sudden change in mindset. She said maybe she is influenced by the latest Korean drama - "What's wrong with Secretary Kim?". I said I haven't watch k drama for a while, and told her in no uncertain terms that if she doesn't pull up her socks, we'll part ways soon.

Anyway, decided to watch WTF "What's wrong with Secretary Kim?" K drama over the weekend. Finished Episode 1& 2. KNN, realized that she is hinting to me she is overworked and have no life outside work, and hence unable to meet men and get married!!!

Really KNN. Maybe should just let her go...
 
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My EA for 7 years is getting on my nerves. PowerPoint slides cockup, Excel sheets has fundamental errors. Wrong reservation of restaurant, spending so much time on her mobile! She doesn't use to be like this the last 7 years! Always super efficient and unassuming. I had an hour of one to one with her last Friday to find the shit is happening?

Guess what? She says she is already 33 this year and she is hoping to get married, hence her drop in work efficiency?!?

I told her as a friend (not as boss) that marriage is not a bullet point in a document checklist! Nothing to rush and she should takes life as it comes. Blah blah blah... I asked her why the sudden change in mindset. She said maybe she is influenced by the latest Korean drama - "What's wrong with Secretary Kim?". I said I haven't watch k drama for a while, and told her in no uncertain terms that if she doesn't pull up her socks, we'll part ways soon.

Anyway, decided to watch WTF "What's wrong with Secretary Kim?" K drama over the weekend. Finished Episode 1& 2. KNN, realized that she is hinting to me she is overworked and have no life outside work, and hence unable to meet men and get married!!!

Really KNN. Maybe should just let her go...
KNN fire her and get an intern to travel with you KNN
 
Let her go.

I will introduce a new secretary to you. A bit Ah Soh type, sometimes foul-mouthed. But got accounting background who can clear your shit. Multi-lingual and English A1.

But you must promise NO sexual harassment. Ai mai ?
 
will introduce a new

If you can intro me one like Secretary Kim Mi So (below) type in the damn Kdrama, I can consider :biggrin:

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Efficient, intuitive, and pleasant face. :biggrin:

PS : I would even fall for her...:D
 
Not that easy. Got to readjust to a new EA isn't exactly my cup of tea.:speechless:

You cannot have the cake & eat it too!. Your EA is having "banana infatuation"...even when she gets her fill of it, she is not going to improve her productivity, more problems will crop up. It is best you access what you have at the moment & plan for the future, even though the prospect of getting rid of the present is not something you are comfortable with. Look at it this way....the 'tooth' is rotting to the root...painful, pull it out..start anew!.
 
Did she shout at you until the whole office can hear and storm out of your room? If yes she is the one that fired you first.
 
Did she shout at you until the whole office can hear and storm out of your room? If yes she is the one that fired you first.
Alamak forgot your case is SHARED EA only so it should be stormed out of your cubicle, not room.
 
You cannot have the cake & eat it too!. Your EA is having "banana infatuation"...even when she gets her fill of it, she is not going to improve her productivity, more problems will crop up. It is best you access what you have at the moment & plan for the future, even though the prospect of getting rid of the present is not something you are comfortable with. Look at it this way....the 'tooth' is rotting to the root...painful, pull it out..start anew!.
It's been 7 years after all. Give her a chance. Sometimes, we all slag a little. :)
 
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