Check out this awesome three-page spread about STA in the New York Post. The online edition is here, but we strongly recommend those of you in the NYC area pick up a paper edition for an expanded bossary and photos that aren’t visible on the Web.
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Lilit has penned an article for Mediabistro.com about TV assistants (Lloyd from Entourage, Betty from Ugly Betty, and Kenneth from 30 Rock) and whether they match up with their real-life counterparts, a real agent’s assistant, fashion mag assistant, and NBC page.
If you happen to have a Mediabistro account (which you should, since their job listings are the best in town) you can read the article here.
We love Gradspot.com, a site that helps those of you freshly out of college navigate the scary world of adult life. And it turns out they love us too. Check out their very funny interview with Lilit, which covers everything from how to tell when to quit your job to whether she’d ever save a boss (spoiler alert: “No.”)
Ever wondered about the origins of Save the Assistants? Lilit tells the story to 52 Projects creator Jeffrey Yamaguchi on The Inspiration Project.
Check out this great article about people who fantasize about quitting and telling their bosses to fuck off. It’s in Canada’s Globe and Mail by Patrick White and features a quote from our very own Lilit. You can read it here, or just pick it up on a newsstand, if you’re one of our Canadian readers.
We love shameless self-promotion, so check out a shoutout to STA in this blog post by Anya Kamenetz. The Freelancers Union is a great resource for…y’know…freelancers.
In addition to mentioning us, this post is also noteworthy for pointing out some really interesting info. Two tidbits in particular that we think you should know about:
- The LA Times story says “baby boomers on the cusp of retirement and restless younger employees are more likely to complain or quit than suffer in silence.”
- Soon, you may even be able to sue your boss for creating an “abusive work environment”–not sexual harassment, just being an a**–in New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington State, and / or California.
Do you think younger workers are more likely to say “take this job and shove it”? We’d like to think so, but our inbox indicates otherwise. Regardless, it does seem clear that today’s workers are aware of their options–be it freelancing, telecommuting, or anything else–and are more willing to consider them. And how did we not find out about this “abusive work environment” legislation sooner? Our website should be Exhibits A through Q.
Yahoo is pretty awesome. Their calendar function is the only thing that keeps Lilit from forgetting to eat breakfast. And now Yahoo! has chosen STA as their Pick of the Week.
You can check the link out here.
Believe it or not, assistants aren’t always the ones who need saving. After all, who’s more beleaguered than a summer intern who gets to spend three months making copies and isn’t even getting paid?
That’s why we love The Intern Memo, a cute, witty series of dispatches from two summer interns. They gave us the ultimate compliment by interviewing us for their site.
You can check the interview out here. Keep it in mind the next time you ask an intern to get you coffee.
A belated thanks to all of you who made it to Motherfuckin’ Monday at Mo Pitkins in New York this past Monday. Friend of STA (and cartoonist extraordinaire) Ben Baruch snapped some shots of all the festivities. You can practically smell the drunkenness coming off this particular picture.
You can see more here. Go for the pics, stay for the cartoons.
