"I realized there was no place for me to go beyond being a glorified secretary."
In other words, they wouldn't be out trying to steal a glorified secretary.
Yes, times have certainly changed at the place that once set the gold standard for glorified secretaries.
He needed to finesse his javelin technique and he was here, talking with these glorified secretaries.
But don't think of a team manager as some sort of glorified secretary or administrative assistant.
Probably got you tagged as just a glorified secretary.
All Peter will be is a sort of glorified secretary.
I'm making you my chief-of-staff - that's a sort of glorified secretary that a general has.
Even as a glorified secretary I'd get letters from investment bankers and lawyers whose dream was to work in Hollywood.
What I really am is a glorified secretary, one removed.