Originally posted by WiLL
ive worked as an AA. although it wasnt for a huge corp. i answered and direct calls for an office of about 50 people. at busiest times, there were about 15-20 calls an hour. at the same time, there was always BS stuff to type up on word, filing, and keeping the front area clean. as well as making photocopies, working the plotter, and meeting clients and getting them soda 
h:
im not saying its not a busy or unnesscary job. but its a job a high school graduate who has common sense and a bit of computer skills can do.
whereas a teacher, a position where someone is trusted by the school and parents to teach, motivate, support, and care of children, 30 of them at a time; gets paid the same amount. and a teachers job doesnt end when the bell rings at 3. its also a take home job that ends at 10-12pm.
im just bitter because the field i want to get in to doesnt get paid jack for what gets done.
I totally agree that teachers should make more if not double what AA's make. The difference is that one teaches not for the money, but the desire. I don't know anyone that desires to be an AA. Takes a little incentive to get a decent employee to do grunt work. Not that $36K is a lot anyway.