Delicate fellowship situation

[Anonymous]

Have you asked the attorney-advisor if she even wants the fellowship? Is she aware of it? Will you submit the application for her?

[Anonymous]

Lawyers are whack.

[Anonymous]

This has to be a troll. It has to be.

[Anonymous]

It was a good attempt.

[Anonymous]

Wow, who knew Matt Lauer posted to DCUM?

That is your recommendation for an attorney? Are you from the 19th century, or *looking* to get fired for sexism? Would you ever, ever, ever write that a male employee takes great notes, brings healthy dishes to office potlucks and has a great smile?

One of us needs to cut down, a lot on our medication, and I'm pretty sure it's you OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, who knew Matt Lauer posted to DCUM?

That is your recommendation for an attorney? Are you from the 19th century, or *looking* to get fired for sexism? Would you ever, ever, ever write that a male employee takes great notes, brings healthy dishes to office potlucks and has a great smile?

One of us needs to cut down, a lot on our medication, and I'm pretty sure it's you OP.

+1 This is borderline insane, if these are her only qualifications for the post. But the fellowship committee would sure enjoy a chuckle at the rec letter!

[Anonymous]

Team Potluck!

Send Suzy Chapstick overseas! It can be like a USO tour!

[Anonymous]

By the way you should really be writing Rom-coms OP. Surely these two people are destined to fall in love?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By the way you should really be writing Rom-coms OP. Surely these two people are destined to fall in love?

What. He went to a state school and is CERTAINLY not worthy of a Top-14 grad with a great smile (ie a good orthodontist).

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of an episode of the Office. Potluck lunches?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you want to screw over a guy who you admit is good at his job because he doesn't have correct degree and doesn't kiss your ass. You would like to set up your office pet for the fellowship you previously did not realize exists, just because you are a jerk and really want to teach that guy you hate a lesson. Did I summarize that correctly?

+1. Ridiculous. I can't even...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You supervise a mid-career attorney and the key achievements that you are able to list involve note-taking, booking travel, and potlucks?

How is her penmanship?

I know, what amazing qualities this mid-career attorney has. Are her lips brown from kissing your ass so much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am shocked at the cynical comments when all I sought was info.

For your information, my "pet" went to a Top-14 law school. MPP? He went to a directional state school.

Also, any meeting "Pet" runs starts with an icebreaker and ends with a pleasant note of thanks to everyone for their participation.

MPP? On multiple occasions I have had to smooth over ruffled feelings because MPP highlighted some issue, be it a factual error or some sort of math thing. Rather than quietly tell me so I could decide whether to tell the person, he's just pass on the info. When it's someone in a much more powerful department, or someone with friends high up, that's really problematic.

You're shocked because you're so out of touch. I bet you're a peach to work for And add to that your condescending judgement about schools, clearly he's catching things that others missed- yet you frame this negatively!? If you'd rather he point out those mistakes in person, then you should communicate that to him and explain that people in your department are super sensitive about their work that's not even correct. I bet you have never even told him there is a problem. You sound like a crappy manager. Good luck in your newish role as head of the department- you've definitely already communicated to your staff that you play favorites...

[Anonymous]

Top 14 law school? Is that a thing? Who makes a list and stops at 14?

I'm so glad I don't work in OP's office. I take great notes, have a nice smile, but as a mid-career lawyer, that's not what I want to be judged on.

I'm assuming OP is male.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming OP is male.

Actually, my first thought upon reading the post was that OP was female. Reminds me too much of a couple of female managers I worked with who value loyalty over competence, and pushed out the people, of any gender, who didn't kiss ass.