Tina Fontana is the thirty-year-old executive assistant to Robert Barlow, the CEO of Titan Corporation, a multinational media conglomerate. She's excellent at her job and beloved by her notorious boss, but after six years making reservations and pouring drinks from bottles that cost more than her monthly rent, the glamour of working for a media company in New York has completely faded, while her student loan debt has not. When a technical error with Robert's expense report presents Tina with the opportunity to pay off the entire balance of her loan with what would essentially be pocket change for her boss, she hesitates. She's always played by the rules, but this would be a life-changer. As Tina falls down the rabbit hole of what becomes a full-blown embezzlement scheme, other assistants with crushing dept and fewer scruples approach her to say that they want in. Before she knows it, she's at the forefront of a movement that has implications far beyond what anyone anticipated. Featuring an eclectic clan of co-conspirators, a love interest too handsome to be trusted, and a razor-sharp voice full of wry humor, The Assistants is a rallying cry for the leagues of overeducated and underpaid women who are asking themselves "How is it that after all these years, we are still assistants?