[fatnotlazy]

The last law firm I worked for began downsizing about a year after I retired. Fewer lawyers and with that, smaller support staff. I was a legal secretary for 35 years. Today it would be almost impossible for me to find a job in that field. With the advent of laptops, Ipads and what not, law firms don't need that many secretaries. The lawyers can put together their own documents. There isn't enough work for a gaggle of secretaries.

[kearnyirish2]

Many secretarial positions were eliminated by word processing programs and such (across the spectrum of industries). My boss has a secretary, and she is always scrambling to find work (doing filing or anything at all) in other departments because the reality is that at best it would be a part-time position. My predecessor had a secretary, and when she left I didn’t replace her - I do it myself.

[Rodamala]

I would trade my cell phone, laptop, iPad and desktop for a secretary pool in in miniskirts. I would even buy all of them fancy IBM Selectric typewriters to use.