[agentgt]

My wife is a pseudo executive assistant and I have to agree 100% with your comment. In fact I'm not even sure besides making decisions what the executive does as my wife writes everything for him including his speeches. As an owner of a tech company its so irritating to see some one with my wife's work ethic and capabilities be stereotyped, marginalized and taken advantage of in an industry that is still pretty much a white ole man club.

The executive has blocked my wife from getting promoted because of his dependency on her. Oh she could leave but she is not in the tech industry so its not like jobs are all over the place.

The worse part is that her taking the role many years ago was in large part my faulty recommendation as I thought being closer to the money would allow for greater compensation (which it did but was not worth it).

[pfarnsworth]

I have a friend who is an EA and has worked for many of the biggest names in Silicon Valley. She makes well over 6 figures and she loves her position. Her employers value her greatly, so she was able to command very good compensation packages including stock options, etc.

[agentgt]

Yes the problem is my wife is not in silicon valley and although she makes plenty of money (6 figures or so) she is tired of not having a more important role. She has effectively been type-casted.

[meric]

She is important, otherwise the executive wouldn't keep her even by blocking her from promotion. Six figure salary is very decent. I suggest she ask for a pay rise, if she isn't happy, but she is important.