Management · November 18, 2024

The word "secretary" is derived from the Latin “secretus,” meaning a key function is to handle sensitive tasks discreetly. Where is M’s flirty Miss Moneypenny when you need her? High-level executives, managers, professionals — and everyone else — have been forced to take over their own clerical tasks (and fetch their own coffee). It is more egalitarian, but does it make sense from a cost-benefit perspective?