Having a good HR person is important. As an assistant, it is imperative that you feel that you can go to that person and trust them to get things done for you. Now, don't get me wrong, HR at The Company is basically useless. So the point is to find someone that is the least useless - and most importantly, someone who recognizes that assistants are people too.

Now, I will admit a fault that I have - I can be a little irreverent. But I don't think I would be if I didn't have the brain to back it up.  Asshole Midget is, well, an asshole midget. A fucking dwarf with a Napoleon complex.  He isn't stupid, but he can sure be mean.  And I am a really good assistant. I lasted longer on this desk than anyone before me. Two years as his assistant. He can trust me to do anything and I get everything done. The clients love me - even the most difficult ones.  I'm even nice to his bimbo girlfriends. And I protect his privacy - I never gossip about his private life. His once having an affair with a married talent agent...I never once told anyone about it. No one. Not even my friends. It wasn't until I was unceremoniously fired (a story I will get to ) that the subject came up and I caved.