At that time, the leader asked me to be transferred from the business department to be the deputy director of the office, and I was still excited for a long time. Later, I learned two things: the leader originally transferred the section chief of a business department to the director of the office, and the middle-aged section chief did not do it anyway. An older deputy section chief took the initiative to entrust people to do leadership work and wanted to be the director of the office. As a result, the leader disagreed. The leader nominated me as the director.

Therefore, some people are willing to do the position of office director, while others are unwilling to do it. Whether it is good or not varies from person to person and from time to time. The middle-aged director is unwilling to take a job even if he is killed, because he knows that the office director is not suitable for him, so he is not as powerful, autonomous and time-consuming as the department director. The older deputy section chief wants to make progress. He likes drinking, planning things, being greedy for cheap, and not writing materials. If you let him be the director of the office, he can eat and drink well, but no one else can. The leader doesn't want to use him either. In the eyes of colleagues, the office director is a job that good people don't want to do and bad people can't do.

It took me several years to realize that this profession really didn't suit me. Later, I moved to Beijing, completely out of the institutional system. Some people say that you will be promoted sooner or later if you become the director of the office, follow the leadership and drink spicy food. I feel sorry for you. I don't feel sorry for myself. I have my own life, my own values and my own fun. Being the office director made me lose myself. So, I left this post voluntarily, and I don't feel sorry. On the contrary, I feel lucky.

My years of experience as an office director mainly includes four points:

First, time is not free.

24 hours is a leading group, at any time, must be on call. Some people are naturally fond of serving others, but they have no hobbies anyway. It is good to provide services 24 hours a day. I can't. I like writing books and need a lot of quiet time. The biggest feeling of being an office director is to sacrifice your time to accompany or serve the leaders. This is what makes me miserable.

Second, lose yourself.

My personality has a typical literati temperament, a little brilliant and a little lofty. Literati are unwilling to bow their heads, bow their heads, flatter and run errands in their bones. But the essence of being an office director is "three services", the most important of which is to serve the leaders. There are 3-5 leaders in small units and 7- 1 1 person in large units. On the surface, the director of the office is more to serve the top leaders, but in fact, any leader should serve them. In the work of serving people, we should first lose ourselves and concentrate on the work of leadership (including some life content).

Third, it is very hard.

Office work mainly consists of nine parts: comprehensive writing, organization and coordination, investigation and consultation, supervision, letter writing and sealing, reception service, meeting minutes, vehicle arrangement, life logistics and so on. The director of the office should serve the team members, departments at the same level and grass-roots units. Things are complicated and seemingly unimportant, but everything is related to leadership and must not be sloppy or lax. Especially the director of the office, it is even more difficult to write big materials. Serve, receive and drink during the day, and write materials after waking up at night. If it is the kind of director who can't drink, it is also a kind of suffering to engage in reception.

Fourth, there are risks.

Get the moon first by being close to the water. A companion is like a tiger. Once a gentleman, ten years a courtier. Success is Xiao He's failure. These situations can happen. A well-mixed director is promoted with the leader. The director who didn't mix well was either frozen or implicated, and it didn't end well. Although the director of the office is likely to be exposed, there is no credit or hard work. If the leader is strong, it can be exposed. But there are also people who have a hard time with the leaders.

So, give you specific advice.

First, there is no need for an older person to be the director of the office.

As I met in the past, the middle-aged business section chief didn't want to be the office director. Even if he is promoted to office director, few middle-aged people are willing to go. You are 47 years old, and your mind is detached. Why wait on others? It will also be uncomfortable mentally. Some members of the leadership team are younger than you. How can you be indifferent to serving them? If they criticize you, your face will be ugly.

Second, excessive drinking and socializing are harmful to physical and mental health.

At the age of 47, when people reach middle age, the workplace will go downhill and their physical condition will also appear. Pay attention to maintenance, fitness and health preservation. Simple tea and light rice are good for health. As the director of the office, it is inevitable to be responsible for reception, arrange entertainment and drink too much. Don't drink bad stomach, damage your health, and the loss outweighs the gain.

Third, what are the prospects for a person to become an office director in middle age?

Unit refers to the unit in the system. According to the existing age policy, the 47-year-old middle class will basically not be promoted to the top. Nowadays, young talents are being reused, and some units have drawn a hard lever of age. Generally, people over 45 will not be promoted. After 50 years old, I will be transferred to a second-line post to make room for young people. Since the probability of promotion is relatively low, why change jobs? It is better to be familiar with the business in the original position and wait for the arrival of 50 years old.

Fourth, please deeply analyze the real intention of the leaders in this arrangement, and then make your own choice.

The leader made you the director of the office. There are two directions of speculation: the first is that the leader trusts you. The role of the office director can be said to be the big housekeeper of the leadership. The core of his position is loyalty, and leaders generally need people they can trust. The second is to resettle you. The position of office director in some units has never been very important, but some core business departments are the most important, such as personnel, finance, business (dealing with money), investment, procurement, engineering and so on. Maybe you think too much. The leader just wants to transfer the tiger in the mountain and arrange his own confidant to take over your core position.

The above comments and suggestions are for reference only.