Company: PwC
Date: 2014-12-09
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current

Executive Assistant
Pros: overtime, many EAs work from home or have flexible work arrangements.  Lots of free food when there are meetings.
Cons: The BST coordinators and EA managers and the entire IFS structure is disliked with disdain by the majority of EA/TA staff.    These people, some who make six figures are dead weight and does nothing that adds any value to the firm.   If you just get rid of 2 managers,  you can have four EAs.  The whole IFS structure needs to be revamped.  The EA's don't need an EA manager and the TAs do not need a BST coordinator.  All they do is create more process that is completely unnecessary, and they are never held accountable for anything.  There have been many bad EA managers that have walked these halls, many without degrees and with hyped up credentials.  They are horrible managers and horrible coaches.   A lot of them don't have the experience to know how to deal with people situations, nor do they know how to coach anyone, so they blame everything on the executive assistants.  A lot of these bad EA managers have ruined many EA's reputation and career and livelihood.  They hold all the power, make all the money, and get most of the credit.