SAVE THE ASSISTANTS is a blog devoted to the ups and downs of assistant life, and the book expands on popular sections - the horror stories, celebrity assistant gossip, and "The Bossary," a boss glossary -- and incorporates more prescriptive advice, like how to gracefully navigate the world of office politics.
With her trademark wit, Marcus breaks down the typical work day for an assistant, from the mundane (sorting mail) to the humiliating (lying to your boss' wife about his affair) and introduces us to the different kinds of bosses (The Drama Queen, The Overstresser, The Functional Illiterate). She also offers a survival guide, a compendium of tips, tricks and tools on tasks both small -- stretching an assistant's salary -- and big -- deciding whether to quit.
The book is broken down into several sections, including: THE DAILY LIFE OF AN ASSISTANT; BOSSES: THE BAD, THE UGLY, and THE (RARELY) GOOD; THE REST OF THE OFFICE; THE SURVIVAL GUIDE; GOING INTO THE LIGHT; SO NOW WHAT? Readers learn how to create a Beleagued Assistant Playlist and how to identify a Combo Job (when two positions are combined into a single underpaid one); Office Plague (if one person gets sick, everyone gets sick); and Dining Al Desko (eating lunch at your desk while continuing to work).
