Pros
It's a source of income
Cons
What is presented to you by the HR recruiter about the position does not match the actual job you were hired for. I realize that this is the situation over all corporate America but when you are told you will be supporting at the most 7 executives and you end up supporting 38 executives and a team of 250 people on top of that they are taking advantage of their employees. The view of the EA staff over all is that it is too heavy. All of the EA's individually support more than a dozen high level executives and their teams, these range from 150 people to 500 and does not include thousands of contractors. EA's are hourly employees and the wage is way below average. No sick time, no short term medical leave (you have to pay extra for this if you want it which is very expensive), you do not start earning vacation until after you have been employed with them for 6 months and when you do it is not a lot of vacation time and it is a slow process to earn, no floating holidays, no personal days, no bonus, and no raises. There is no incentive to stay at this company long term when many other corporations have very competitive benefits and compensation packages. All of their systems and processes are antiquated and in seriously bad shape. It is painfully slow to get anything accomplished due to this. They say they are running a tight ship and I understand this mentality but when you chose this approach and it affects efficiency and productivity in such a negative way that it impacts your business and retention of good employees you should re-evaluate your methods. The company overall has a very low level of professionalism and this is reflected internally and externally. Every single person I have met is mentally drained and over worked.