- I had to get my boss a LaCroix, like
at certain hours of the day,
but they didn't tell when they needed the LaCroix,
so I was just walking around with LaCroixs.
(rock music)
- Hello, interwebs.
I am Ehis.
Hi, I'm Rachel.
- And we are former Hollywood Assistants,
and we're gonna play Never Have I Ever.
Luckily it's former, so we can't get fired,
let's do the damn thing.
- Never have I ever thought about
quitting multiple times a week.
- Every (beep) day, like, I literally
want to quit that job every single day.
My current best friend, I have because
we endured that awful job.
So that was the one pro.
That, and I learned how to use the printer.
- I actually like the job,
which is probably a psychological thing
of neediness or something, but
I think the times in which I wanted to quit
is the times in which I get disrespected.
'cause I don't really mind doing something for other people,
I don't really care, but
when someone's mean to me, it makes me,
like, "Why would I wanna help you?"
Never have I ever had a panic attack because of work.
- Oh.
My therapy bill went through the (beep) roof.
- I have.
I think a lot of the times when I would have panic attacks,
was there was like, I was overwhelmed,
or I didn't like have my (beep) together.
I never feel like I was ever like,
"Oh my god this job is absolutely awful,
"I cannot do," 'cause I would quit,
if the person sucked that bad.
- It was basically like being Andy
in "The Devil Wears Prada", but I didn't get the Gucci.
You're no Miranda Priestly.
- Never have I ever done something illegal for my boss.
- I can say I haven't.
I have not done anything illegal.
- Illegal?
I don't think so.
I've been asked to do weird crap,
and I've quit because of it.
- Never have I ever used my own money for work.
- Oh, yes.
- Which is crazy.
I remember they wouldn't give me
a corporate card for my first job,
because I didn't have credit yet,
and so I kept having to put things on my debit card,
but I didn't have any money,
and then I was stuck in Boston and didn't have money
in my account to get home for a work event,
because I'd spent it on the hotel,
and I had to call my friend and ask her to like,
wire me money, it was really embarrassing.
- Yeah, I have like, Ubers, lunches, coffees,
and all that.
- Yup, and then you never get the money back,
'cause you feel awkward bringing it up.
- Oh, no, I fully got that money back,
I'm not giving y'all a cent.
Never have I ever gotten fired, and immediately rehired.
I can say I have not.
(sheepish laugh)
Tea!
- One of my first bosses and I were like, best friends.
He was like an older brother for me,
I don't think I was ever like, "You're fired,"
but he was like "Rachel, I just
"don't know if this is working out,"
and I was so crushed, I mean it felt like
it was my first heartbreak, and then I think
the next day we talked, and he was like
"Hey, I'm sorry, but like, this is."
And it like, going through it.
- This is my favorite relationship ever.
- It was going through it, I still think about him.
He such, I just wish him the best, but.
- Sometimes you gotta power through.
Never have I ever been under the influence at work.
Does anxiety medication count?
- This is before Buzzfeed.
(laughs)
Consistently.
- I have been hung over at work, before.
- Oh, yeah, 100%. There have definitely been times where,
you have a day of errands, and all of a sudden
you have a martini.
And you sit at bar and drink a martini.
So yeah, I've definitely done that.
Never have I ever rage-quit.
I quit one of my jobs Thursday at like, 10:30 at night,
because there was a lot of promises being made,
of trajectory in my career, and it wasn't happening,
and it was like, I went to work happy hour,
basically was told from other people it wasn't happening,
and was like, "Cool, I'm out."
And then I left.
Never have I ever cried at work.
- Yup. - Yeah.
Never have I ever been asked to do something
in the middle of the night, super early in the morning.
- Yes.
- 3AM, 4AM, every hour, every day of the week,
weekends, holidays, Christmas, New Year.
- Oh, Christmas.
- Never have I ever had family or friends
express their concern for my well-being
because of work, or encouraged me to quit.
I'm mad I picked this one up.
- Oh, yeah, I have, my dad was like,
"you're not getting paid enough
"to do the work that they're asking of you."
As Drake said, "Know yourself, know your worth."
- There you go, that's the motto for today.
- "The Motto," also by Drake.
- Wow. I have had relationships end
because of my job. More than one.
Very consistently throughout my life
my career comes first, but I also think
having this job has really helped me mentally
not lose my mind in other places.
- (laughs) Never have I ever worked
more than 12 hours in a day.
I worked more than 12 hours every day.
- I slept at my job so much that I was like,
"I should sublet my apartment."
- Yeah, I remember my dad was in town,
and he came to visit me.
I hadn't seen my father in a few months,
and I was scared to even ask my boss for the day off,
even though I had the accrued time.
You would think that taking the day off
means I don't have to be plugged in?
No, I had the day off, but
I maybe spoke 12 words to my father.
- I was work at 2:30 in the morning on a Saturday,
and I mean like, I'm just gonna be honest, I was drunk,
and I remember I had to change a flight and do a car pickup,
and I was like, "I hope this works,"
'cause it's also like, what, am I never gonna
be doing anything else?
- All right, never have I ever been told
I was doing a bad job by my boss.
Oh yeah, I have, but it was like,
"You're just not operating at the capacity
"that I want you to operate at."
And then that was it.
"No, you're doing great, you're doing great,"
and then all of a sudden she's like,
"Actually, like, you're not doing that great."
Sorry I didn't get you your Lacroixs on time.
- There have been times where
I've been working with someone, tried my best,
and they're like, "hey, this isn't working,"
and I'm like, "this is how I do it,
"so I don't know, we're not working, then."
- Honestly, the only reason why Hollywood is
even running right now, the only reason why
I can even do my current job,
is 'cause of y'all assistants out there.
So if you are an assistant, bless you.
If you're not an assistant, and you work with them,
have some patience, because they're going through
a lot of (beep) and they're dealing with a lot of (beep),
so sorry if they took seven minutes to respond
to your email rather than five.
- I know they're assisting another person,
but this person is still a person, and be respectful,
you always want the assistant on your side,
it doesn't, I will get to your email last
if you're a jerk, it doesn't matter.
There have been so many times where people
are nice to me, and they'll have a problem
with something else, and I'm like,
"I know how to do that like the back
"of my hands, I can help you."
And also, for the people who are assistants,
just stay patient, try to have the best relationship
with your boss, and if they're toxic, leave.
It's not worth your mental health.
- Treat others how you want to be treated.
I'm pretty sure Drake said that.
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