Dear Ms. First Year Attorney...
May. 6th, 2008 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elzreginaI am a paralegal. You are an attorney. We work together. I can make your life easier, or harder. You pick. Please do not tell me how something is a "paralegal duty" when the task is truly as simple as subtracting the beginning of a bates range from the ending of a bates range to determine how many pages there are in the range...duh. You did the majority of this simplistic and logical task then handed it off to me, and when I didn't complete your task you assigned at 1:44 p.m., within moments, you might want to consider I am redacting 26,000 pages of Excel spreadsheets for you. I've been doing it, nearly 8 hours a day since Tuesday of last week. For you.
When you send me a condescending email regarding the above and eluding I do not complete my work and do not support you, do not be surprised when I come into your office, shut the door, and tell you I have an issue with said email.
To top it off, you come into my office and tell me how you will not be spoken to in such a "tone", and that you are considerate of my need to try to leave work on time to deal with issues regarding my son; and that you don't require me to work after hours or on weekends and I should be more respectful.
*blink, blink"
Newsflash...I don't have "issues" with my son. I like to spend TIME with my son. It's called being a parent.
Further, YOU don't REQUIRE me to work after hours or weekends. If I want to be nice, I'll offer to spend after hours or weekend hours helping you out. I will be paid overtime for it. But otherwise, I have another job on the weekends, and I have a life. It goes back to "I am a paralegal. You are an attorney. We work together. I can make your life easier, or harder. You pick."
Humpf...no wonder attorneys have the reputation they do, and ugh...who talked me into this job???
When you send me a condescending email regarding the above and eluding I do not complete my work and do not support you, do not be surprised when I come into your office, shut the door, and tell you I have an issue with said email.
To top it off, you come into my office and tell me how you will not be spoken to in such a "tone", and that you are considerate of my need to try to leave work on time to deal with issues regarding my son; and that you don't require me to work after hours or on weekends and I should be more respectful.
*blink, blink"
Newsflash...I don't have "issues" with my son. I like to spend TIME with my son. It's called being a parent.
Further, YOU don't REQUIRE me to work after hours or weekends. If I want to be nice, I'll offer to spend after hours or weekend hours helping you out. I will be paid overtime for it. But otherwise, I have another job on the weekends, and I have a life. It goes back to "I am a paralegal. You are an attorney. We work together. I can make your life easier, or harder. You pick."
Humpf...no wonder attorneys have the reputation they do, and ugh...who talked me into this job???
