Personal assistants are still common for high level executives. I have a friend who works as the personal assistant to someone very high up in Google. What has

Personal assistants are still common for high level executives. I have a friend who works as the personal assistant to someone very high up in Google. What has changed is that the middle-level managers no longer have secretaries. This probably has an upside, in terms of keeping the mid-level managers in touch with the tedious administrative nonsense that the lower level workers have to struggle with.