Comments on: Inconsiderate attorney files http://ptlawmom.com/2007/04/20/inconsiderate-attorney-files/ Full-Time Working Mom/Part-Time Evening Law Student Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:08:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: PT-LawMom http://ptlawmom.com/2007/04/20/inconsiderate-attorney-files/#comment-92 PT-LawMom Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:37:32 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/?p=79#comment-92 Wow, legalstaff... I may just show your comment to my friend so she feels a bit better. After the week before last and then Monday and Tuesday of this week being so horrible, all of her attorneys ignored her on Secretaries Day. To cap it off, she started vomiting Wednesday afternoon and spent the next two days at home sick. :( Perhaps it's the toxic environment? Wow, legalstaff… I may just show your comment to my friend so she feels a bit better. After the week before last and then Monday and Tuesday of this week being so horrible, all of her attorneys ignored her on Secretaries Day. To cap it off, she started vomiting Wednesday afternoon and spent the next two days at home sick. :( Perhaps it’s the toxic environment?

]]> By: legalstaff http://ptlawmom.com/2007/04/20/inconsiderate-attorney-files/#comment-91 legalstaff Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:47:12 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/?p=79#comment-91 I know a lady who worked for an attorney like that for 5 years. I can't count the number of lunch dates we had made that she couldn't keep because she had to work through her lunch hour. <br/><br/>She also came in early, stayed late, and sometimes came in on Saturdays. She was a member of an Advanced Litigation class I was teaching at the time. She had a horrible cough and wheeze. I finally insisted to her that she ee a doctor. Turns out she had asthma.<br/><br/>The attorney rewarded her loyalty by firing her the day before Thanksgiving with no notice whatsoever (after 5 years) - then tried to have her sign a contract that he could pay her all the unpaid vacation and sick leave he owed her over a 6 week period. In 5 years, she had only taken 5 vacation days.<br/><br/>I sent her a copy of the Labor Code and she had to threaten to take him before the Labor Commissioner to get her money in a timely manner.<br/><br/>I don't know what's happening with this profession lately. I know a lady who worked for an attorney like that for 5 years. I can’t count the number of lunch dates we had made that she couldn’t keep because she had to work through her lunch hour.

She also came in early, stayed late, and sometimes came in on Saturdays. She was a member of an Advanced Litigation class I was teaching at the time. She had a horrible cough and wheeze. I finally insisted to her that she ee a doctor. Turns out she had asthma.

The attorney rewarded her loyalty by firing her the day before Thanksgiving with no notice whatsoever (after 5 years) - then tried to have her sign a contract that he could pay her all the unpaid vacation and sick leave he owed her over a 6 week period. In 5 years, she had only taken 5 vacation days.

I sent her a copy of the Labor Code and she had to threaten to take him before the Labor Commissioner to get her money in a timely manner.

I don’t know what’s happening with this profession lately.

]]> By: Half Eagle http://ptlawmom.com/2007/04/20/inconsiderate-attorney-files/#comment-90 Half Eagle Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:41:33 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/?p=79#comment-90 I used to work for an attorney who held me to a strict noon-to-one lunch hour, even though there were no phone coverage issues or anything else to support that. If I had to work through part of that timeframe, I got a short lunch. If I had to work through all of that timeframe, I got no lunch. Looking back, there's a lot of overtime I never got paid for. I used to work for an attorney who held me to a strict noon-to-one lunch hour, even though there were no phone coverage issues or anything else to support that. If I had to work through part of that timeframe, I got a short lunch. If I had to work through all of that timeframe, I got no lunch. Looking back, there’s a lot of overtime I never got paid for.

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