Blog einer Legal Secretary
am 22.09.2006 von Jurabilis
Die US-Blawg-Szene ist wirklich um Längen diversifizierter als die hiesige. In diesem Blog einer Legal Secretary kann man sich zum Beispiel aus erster Hand über den Out of the cubicle-Blick auf die Welt der Law Firms informieren:Thank you law firm for keeping me employed for the last year of my life. Thank you Cowboy, for deciding to change who I work with instead of firing me, when you realized our personalities did not mesh as well as you wanted them to. Im sorry that I cant be super peppy and outgoing like you wanted. Thank you Nice Partner for not firing me when I sent out a Notice of Deposition without sending out the Subpoena that was supposed to go with it. Thank you for not firing me when I was at training in LA and asked the trainer a LOT of extra questions (thank goodness it was just the two of us, so I wasnt holding up other people). Thank you gay HR guy for not firing me when I came to talk to you about my difficulties with LEL, and explaining where she was coming from so that I could keep that in mind when dealing with her.
Thank you for being a place that ebbs and flows, thus giving me ample time to play online and blog about work, from work.Auch schön:Ive been a legal secretary for almost a decade. Some attorneys Ive worked with have been great, and Ive busted my ass for them. Some have been …
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