How I Accidentally Entered an Arranged Marriage with My Boss - Laetitia van Schalkwyk
It was almost two years ago — 1 July 2024, to be exact — that, at the age of 57, I started working as the Personal Assistant to the COO (Chief Operating Officer) of an accounting company. Seriously, since starting my very first job in 1987, I had never been challenged the way this job challenged me. And trust me, I’ve had stressful jobs before. At one stage in my career, I worked as a Receptionist for General Practitioners for ten years, handling all the admin before patients could receive medical attention. That meant working with worried, stressed, emotional people every single day. And remember — to every parent with a sick child, their child is the sickest child in the world and deserves attention first, above everyone else. That kind of pressure and stress was intense… but this? This was a completely different kind of stress. So many new programs and apps and spreadsheets and systems and… and… and… honestly, too many to mention. And then, to top it all off, my direct boss was only...