Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:29
Subject: Re:Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
OP are you a woman? Sounds like a sexist mentality to me. You're a woman, therefore you should have no problem doing the admin work even though you have your own job.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:29
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You sound annoying. If that is the job you got, you make do.
It's not the job I got. The job I got was being an attorney, not cleaning up after my boss.
Meant the tiny firm.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:28
Subject: Re:Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
OP. Are you the only woman? If so, honey YOU are the temp. That's what your Sr. Partner has decided...
It's not right, but my money's on that...
It's not right, but my money's on that...
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:27
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
Anonymous wrote:You sound annoying. If that is the job you got, you make do.
Not OP but you are an ass. Why can't the guy hire a temp? Ridiculous. I'll come down and do it but I require payment.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:19
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
Anonymous wrote:You sound annoying. If that is the job you got, you make do.
It's not the job I got. The job I got was being an attorney, not cleaning up after my boss.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:10
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
Anonymous wrote:what are the consequences if you let that work slide and focused on your own stuff?
+1 I would stop answering every phone call.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:07
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
You sound annoying. If that is the job you got, you make do.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:06
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
Anonymous wrote:what are the consequences if you let that work slide and focused on your own stuff?
Boss would probably miss deadlines with court.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:02
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
what are the consequences if you let that work slide and focused on your own stuff?
Anonymous
09/10/2015 20:01
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
Anonymous wrote:You might want to email her and your boss letting her know how much you appreciate her and hope she comes back.
Great idea!
Not sure if it does but I didn't want this post to come off as if I think admin work is beneath me - it's actually the opposite. I don't know how she keeps up all day.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 19:52
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
You might want to email her and your boss letting her know how much you appreciate her and hope she comes back.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 19:07
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
ooh yes. That part is not cool. Subtly push it back to him so you're taking care of you and he gets a taste of taking care of himself. Let us know how it goes!
Anonymous
09/10/2015 19:05
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
Anonymous wrote:I thought attorneys had been doing a lot of their own stuff for a while! You are lucky! Now go figure out how to forward the phone--that's a worthwhile change for a month.
The phone guy swears it can't be done.
I don't really mind doing my own stuff, which I do a good amount of. I do mind being turns into an admin for a senior attorney who has the power to bring in a temp (and, frankly, the ability to see what is on his own calendar.)
Anonymous
09/10/2015 19:02
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
I thought attorneys had been doing a lot of their own stuff for a while! You are lucky! Now go figure out how to forward the phone--that's a worthwhile change for a month.
Anonymous
09/10/2015 18:55
Subject: Vent: Paralegal gone for a month
I'm an attorney in a small law firm with three attorneys and one paralegal/secretary. The paralegal is home in her home country for a month and boss won't hire a temp. So now I'm spending my days formatting documents and addressing envelopes and generally doing things that I didn't need to spend $90k to learn.
I know it's temporary, but my actual assigned work is going to start suffering if I spend all day answering the phone (which doesn't ring at my desk, so I have to run actoss the office to answer it) and scheduling things for the senior attorney.
Vent over.
I know it's temporary, but my actual assigned work is going to start suffering if I spend all day answering the phone (which doesn't ring at my desk, so I have to run actoss the office to answer it) and scheduling things for the senior attorney.
Vent over.