What Day Is It?

Hallmark Holiday or not, if someone special in your office received flowers today and you had to ask what the occasion was, shame on you.

Formerly Secretaries Day, now more aptly known as Administrative Professionals Day, it’s a time to recognize those employees who make the office run on a daily basis. A hex to all involved, the unofficial holiday is enough to make stomachs churn and heads ache. From the supervisor who dreads trying to remember the date each year, to the administrative professional on the receiving end who would prefer their lowly totem pole stature wasn’t reaffirmed through this gesture (or lack thereof), it’s a mixed blessing when the last Wednesday in April rolls around. Some even choose to recognize Administrative Professionals Week, but if you find who that is, I’d be very curious to learn of their whereabouts.

Of course, any gesture performed with good will, and yes, on-time warrants applause on the part of the supervisor. But then, this day really isn’t about them.

Read a most amusing recount why Melonyce McAfee from MSN Slate swears off the holiday.

(And yes, I did receive flowers at the office this Administrative Professionals Day, as I do every year.)

Posted by Shelly Paul, Career Management Coordinator, The H.S. Group