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late nights (although i try to avoid at all costs for multiple reasons), low pay and few weekends free, especially during the fall. there's recruitment (i work with guys and girls, so there's lots of time spent), leadership conferences, homecoming, parent/family weekend, retreats and then it's usually late october! admin can be a pain or a blessing or somewhere in between.
for me, the good usually outweighs the bad. i don't let much get to me. i've learned to handle difficult higher-ups who try to pile more work on me. I learned to make friends with the people who can affect me (especialy the money people....be really nice to them and ask their advice on stuff). It can get tiring and be difficult at times. I'm lucky that my Greek system is rather small and they are a great bunch of students with very few problems.
if you get frustrated easily and can't work with MANY different types of people and learn to get through the red tape, this is not the job for you, whether it is Greek or not! It's busy for all student activities people everywhere and most offices are understaffed and underpaid. sad, but true!
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