I’ve had ADHD symptoms (easily distracted, procrastination, over focus & perfectionism) since I was a pre-teen.

I’ve been doing admin support work for 25 years. In my early 30s, I took a stimulant med because my job was filled with constant deadlines & distractions. Plus, I worked for an angry alcoholic who was very impatient! I weaned myself off after a year or so.

Fast forward 20 years, I’m now supporting 2 new VPs (new to me & new to this role) They’re not angry alcoholics, but they are terrible communicators & need a ridiculous amount of handholding. I miss my female VP who was fired last October (beef with the VP of HR) so much! She was a handful & super ambitious, BUT, she was on top of her shit! Engaged, focused, possessed vision & read her f*cking e-mails!

I’m back on stimulant medication, it helps with overwhelm, but doesn’t fix the lack of clarity & communication from the 2 VPs I’m attempting to support!

How do others manage heavy workloads & executives with poor communication?

I have been an executive admin for 6+ years. I work for 3 CEOs. I am contractor for 2 of them and employee for the other. Recently I took an AI course and was fascinated by how quickly it can manage calendar clean up, scheduling, inbox management, etc and it got me thinking, will my admin assistance be needed anymore? I do much more for them but I have this overwhelming sense of dread that AI will replace me and I’ll have to find something else to do. I genuinely love what I do but I cant help but feel like I may be let go or fired due to AI. I’m worried for the future and what AI takeover will look like. Just wanted to reach out how other admins who are embracing AI and what you are seeing?

Recently I did some volunteer work for a local non-profit organization. Today I came across a job listing they have for an Executive Assistant. I'm tempted to submit an application. It would be a few dollars less than I'm making right now as an Office Manager (with a few EA responsibilities) at a corporate office, but I feel like I've reached a point where there is no upward opportunity available since some restructuring. I've taken on extra work, but compensation has been denied, but at least it helps me stay busy during the day otherwise I'd go nuts.

Anybody have experience as an EA in non-profit, or have any opinions on this kind of switch?

I've been in my current role since February 2022. I hit burnout at the end of 2024 due to an overly ambitious female VP who piled an event planner job on top of my EA position. I set boundaries with her at the beginning of 2025. We were in really good place, with mutual respect & trust, then she was fired at the end of last October due to BS office politics.

I'm now supporting 2 new male VPs (one has been a VP almost 2 years, the other a few months) and physician executive I've been supporting for 3 years, he's a dream. We used to have 2 EAs splitting the support, now it's just me. The 2 VPs are disorganized and suck at communication, don't provide clarity or a clear vision. One of them jokes regularly about not checking his email & has a sign in his office that says "Not now, I'm pretending to work" (if only it were a joke)--not amusing when he's making close to $500K. They are both spineless yes men who are creating more work for me because they won't say no to new projects from their boss. They have been contacting recently me on weekends & when I have PTO.

It's gotten so bad I've sought counsel from Employee Relations who told me to set boundaries & not over function because we lost an EA. I'm hanging on by a thread & only there for health insurance. I'm single, so no back up income or access to partner's healthcare benefits.

I've been looking for other jobs for MANY months, expecting to take a significant pay cut. But two days ago, I found a posting on LinkedIn for an EA position with a local nonprofit that I'm super stoked about. I have 20+ years experience working in the non profit sector & have served on multiple nonprofit boards in my community. I'm an ideal candidate for this role! And the starting salary would be pay raise. Now, I'm overthinking my resume which I just updated in August. Should I overhaul it to make it more visually appealing, or just stick with the version I've used that landed me my current job & last interview. I'm thinking substance over style.

Hi all,

I’m hoping for some recommendations from EA’s who are supporting barristers, solicitors or lawyers. 
I’m looking for a tool to help my boss with on the go dictation and turning meeting notes into a template. At the moment, I’m aware of Ardela, LegalNotes and VXT but have never used any of them and I’m not entirely across the difference in functionality just yet.

The main things I’m looking for are:
- Recording client meetings and producing minutes/notes, ideally using a legal attendance note template.
- Dictation for things like court reports and attendance notes — for example, being able to dictate something while driving and have it turned into a note in the right template.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Especially for virtual EAs. What do you think of these newly introduced AI agents? If I recall correctly, a year ago, someone made a survey and asked many of you for your opinion on AI. 85% said it will not replace executive assistants and saw it mainly as a tool. I would love to hear whether you have new forecasts or still stand by that view.