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Save the Assistants

Lilit Marcus used to have a really, really terrible assistant job. So she quit. Now she is the Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of www.savetheassistants.com, “a blog for the beleaguered,” where assistants from all industries can submit horror stories, get advice, and more. A New Yorker via North Carolina, Lilit is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Post, and Mediabistro.com. When she’s not trying to save assistants, Lilit lives, works, writes, learns to cook, and shops for vintage clothes in Brooklyn, NY.

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When I was an assistant, one of the tasks I hated the most was doing my boss’ expense reports. I didn’t hate them because of my crappy math skills — Excel handled the numbers for me — I hated them because I always had to figure out where the hell my boss’ receipts had come from.

Sure, if he had a restaurant receipt I could just check his schedule for that day and guess which person he’d dined with, but a lot of times I ended up just having to invent fake information that would satisfy our nosy, demanding accounts person. Now, though, with the economy being what it is, people are embarrassed to run up huge tabs at restaurants. Thanks to Wxpenseasteak.com, you can dine at the Midtown Manhattan restaurant Maloney & Porcelli and have everything taken care of online, without the embarrassment of whipping out a corporate card.

Once again, this proves that the Internet can do anything.

Thanks to Save the Assistants!