| There is a world of difference between the work | | | | Virtual assistants do exactly the same thing |
| done by virtual assistants and a regular office | | | | except that there is no need to buy all those |
| assistant. | | | | expensive clothes that one needs to wear at the |
| A regular office assistant has to do a lot of things | | | | office. Also, if the work contract calls for you to |
| rather than just assist the boss. For one thing, | | | | do work only during lunch breaks and holidays, |
| waking up early in the morning to look good and | | | | then the rest of the day is left free for other |
| travel to the office is already a stress factor by | | | | pleasures, unless you have two or more other |
| itself. Then, you would have to make sure that | | | | contracts which have to be fulfilled for the day. |
| the boss' office is up to par in neatness and | | | | Best of all, the staying home will not entail paying |
| order, sometimes you have to bring coffee for | | | | for a babysitter, neither will it make you delay in |
| the boss. | | | | the cooking or housework which could be done in |
| Then as an office assistant, there are a lot of | | | | between a work schedule. You feel more relaxed |
| intrigues that could happen in staff relationships, | | | | as you get paid more and you don't have to deal |
| and then there is the boss and his moods. On top | | | | with the different moods of office workers or |
| of that, you could miss out on lunch because of | | | | the boss. |
| the sheer work load that has to be done, all for | | | | Do virtual assistants find their jobs satisfactory? |
| the benefit of the boss who needs to look good. | | | | Yes, they do, that is why more and more people |
| Getting home is another scene which is not | | | | are looking to this alternative employment as it |
| looked forward to as this means having to clean | | | | has possibilities that could not be ignored, and all |
| up house, deal with the baby sitter and make | | | | for the better. |
| food that could be eaten late at night. | | | | |