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I still hate VD - romance on a schedule. Some people like the opportunity to be reminded and focus on something, others loathe the feelings of isolation, me - mildly annoyed like when a gun nut screams the const gives him a right to guns for the purpose of overthrowing the government tyranny.
I'm whining that I chose to work 13 hours yesterday. Frankly it's on a project that isn't due for a week, but it's due in a fucking week and I've been assigned another case. I knew the guy who put out discovery was lazy, I knew it was done poorly by the field, and I know this case is messy...but I thought if I stayed until 8 I might finish. Each page I opened, emails with nested zip files that lead to folders with more folders, was another journey. Essentially 3 offices just threw their existing files at me to sort out and generate my own responses to questions. It takes me easily 4 times as long as they for they have instant organized access to the files, they know all the facts, and while they feel busy I can say with confidence that I'm far more burdened than they. Still, I have to deal with the fact they feel like they worked hard. IF I were an hourly $500 lawyer, I'd relish this tedium for each bit would be earned cash. Me, salaried (granted I get comp time).
This weekend I would be on travel which is a large part of why I'm doing this stuff now, but the fellow I'm supposed to depose is now non-responsive.
I haven't heard from my former job-offering boss. I'm glad - I'm more likely to walk right now.
To sink morale further in the toilet, we have a worthless but otherwise nice manager who applied for a higher position. He has been a harmless figure, but a running joke (dum dum) of the office - inside and out. However, no superior has ever counseled him to told him to pick up the slack. He just found out not only did he not get the job - but he's being demoted. The thing is, he wasn't actually told...he saw a proposed organizational chart and nobody thought out the fact he was on it in the lower position. He pointed out what he thought was an error, and they realized it was "time" to let him know their plans - oops. Morale, toilet. I mean he ain't our best, but even when you take action there is a simple etiquette minimum which was violated here.
Yesterday to balance...me...I talked to a manager who thanked me. He and I have worked together extensively, and besides teaching him applicable law - I did my piece of helping him adjust his attitude in response to a serial EEO & grievance filer, including teaching him how to "make it easy." He got the expected new EEO complaint, and was able to fire off a detailed email history of the entire issue within minutes with no effort. That made me feel good. Shit I'm 3 minutes late to work...
I'm whining that I chose to work 13 hours yesterday. Frankly it's on a project that isn't due for a week, but it's due in a fucking week and I've been assigned another case. I knew the guy who put out discovery was lazy, I knew it was done poorly by the field, and I know this case is messy...but I thought if I stayed until 8 I might finish. Each page I opened, emails with nested zip files that lead to folders with more folders, was another journey. Essentially 3 offices just threw their existing files at me to sort out and generate my own responses to questions. It takes me easily 4 times as long as they for they have instant organized access to the files, they know all the facts, and while they feel busy I can say with confidence that I'm far more burdened than they. Still, I have to deal with the fact they feel like they worked hard. IF I were an hourly $500 lawyer, I'd relish this tedium for each bit would be earned cash. Me, salaried (granted I get comp time).
This weekend I would be on travel which is a large part of why I'm doing this stuff now, but the fellow I'm supposed to depose is now non-responsive.
I haven't heard from my former job-offering boss. I'm glad - I'm more likely to walk right now.
To sink morale further in the toilet, we have a worthless but otherwise nice manager who applied for a higher position. He has been a harmless figure, but a running joke (dum dum) of the office - inside and out. However, no superior has ever counseled him to told him to pick up the slack. He just found out not only did he not get the job - but he's being demoted. The thing is, he wasn't actually told...he saw a proposed organizational chart and nobody thought out the fact he was on it in the lower position. He pointed out what he thought was an error, and they realized it was "time" to let him know their plans - oops. Morale, toilet. I mean he ain't our best, but even when you take action there is a simple etiquette minimum which was violated here.
Yesterday to balance...me...I talked to a manager who thanked me. He and I have worked together extensively, and besides teaching him applicable law - I did my piece of helping him adjust his attitude in response to a serial EEO & grievance filer, including teaching him how to "make it easy." He got the expected new EEO complaint, and was able to fire off a detailed email history of the entire issue within minutes with no effort. That made me feel good. Shit I'm 3 minutes late to work...
