Comments on: Happy Administrative Professionals Week!

By: Xacto Staplers

Xacto Staplers — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:08:37 +0000

Your missing a good red stapler like Office Space.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Whoops! I must still be on the company’s mailing list. I received a card in the mail for Administrative Professionals Week and yet I got fired from there almost 3 months ago. Thanks for being so thoughtful. ;)

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:32:00 +0000

That “office employees are twice as more likely to be injured in a fall than factory workers” probably has to do with the fact that office employees are ninnies.
No, seriously. It’s one of those wierd sociology/social psychology statistics. Factory employees are typically “ruggedized” by their relatively harsher work environment. When the risks of injury include more serious and/or severe injuries, like say getting impaled by a forklift, employees are less likely to report minor, non-critical injuries like tripping over some boxes. Moreover, in the face of more serious injuries, factory workers probably take more care in keeping themselves from tripping or falling.
On the other hand, office employees don’t have that kind of perspective. The worst thing that can happen to them is probably that they trip and fall, so when it does happen, they are more likely to report it. Moreover, they get too comfortable in their environment and allow silly injuries to happen.
What I’m getting at is that to say “office employees are twice as more likely to be injured in a fall than factory workers” is not an indication that the office is more hazardous than a factory.

By: Colene

Colene — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:38:00 +0000

I think it’s interesting that it’s called Administrative Professionals WEEK. I work in a healthcare management company and they just have a DAY for it. Even though during this same week it is also Lab Professionals WEEK. So lab technicians get a whole week and us administrative professionals get a day? What’s up with that?

By: WCA

WCA — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:52:00 +0000

It is so crazy you mention falling at work. Tomorrow we are being thrown an appreciation breakfast by our superintendent, and we get to stay at the restaurant all day to participate in workshops for EOP (Educational Office Professional) credit. I’m presenting a workshop about office safety and workers’ compensation and one of my Safety First! slides is about not falling. Slips, trips, and falls definitely count for the most injuries among employees. My advice for the majority of these accidents – please watch where you’re going!