Elizabeth Harrison

Stay away from admin roles The most toxic job I have ever had. People were constantly coming and going in the few months that I was there. The principal was the most condescending, nasty human being I have ever had to work with. Several people in higher positions at H&S fed off of her energy and helped foster a negative work environment. The other co-founder was equally nasty, if not worse from the brief phone conversations I had to endure with her. I had to often be the principal's assistant (unwillingly) due to some transition and was paid a pittance. Such a pittance, that the HR manager that hired me increased the offer that I accepted to a measly $13/ hour. I would have to plan trips for the principal and her mother, locate things that she lost by calling places that she frequented that day, and order her salad for lunch with her favorite dressing but wait, she didn't even know the name of it! I had to call her previous assistant to figure it out. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Needless to say, the days when I had to wear the assistant hat were nothing short of miserable. The hours were extremely long and there really was no work-life balance.