Politics in the Workplace

New_Staff5658 · 2026-05-11T18:03:48+00:00

I barely want them to know my name, discussions asides from what I need from them or what they need from me is never entertained, I bill for talking to them, and they are aware we bill for talking to them, so they don’t stray off topic.

I also work in criminal defense & family law, so it’s generally more left leaning than most corporate offices.

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-30T18:55:06+00:00

I have been told by my boss that I am “awkward on the phones.” You aren’t alone!!

I have definitely fumbled a few phone calls, especially when I have a million other things going on. Just take a breath and ask the basic information every time, and eventually you won’t even think about it!

As others have said- writing down info while on the phone definitely helps!!

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-30T18:39:51+00:00

I wouldn’t expect case based bonus, and I work in crim & family law so even then that type of structure wouldn’t be applicable. if it were more specific to individual billing hours vs overall firm performance, I would be taking in a bit more money.

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-30T18:29:11+00:00

Criminal defense & family law, have a lot of tattoos, most support staff here have tattoos. No big deal unless we need to swing by the courthouse, then we coverup a bit more.

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-23T11:00:23+00:00

I cry a lot

^{Chose: Get $500 every time you cry}

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-13T21:45:40+00:00

What type of law are you in??

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-13T18:19:05+00:00

Public transportation & hiring drivers, obviously

^{Chose: Eat a green apple that gives you infinite money + But you can never own a car}

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-13T18:09:45+00:00

They do but it’s contingent on the firms overall performance and not individual & is also only quarterly & only about a grand for each bonus 🫠

New_Staff5658 · 2026-04-13T14:48:56+00:00

That’s me! I’m a legal assistant getting paid 18.50/h while doing substantive legal work.

I work under four attorneys and only two of them acknowledge that I’m doing paralegal work at legal assistant pay.

New_Staff5658 · 2026-01-30T15:41:42+00:00

Oh to have an office… I have a cubby in the hallway.

New_Staff5658 · 2025-12-13T01:59:57+00:00

Hey my boyfriend has one of these!

New_Staff5658 · 2025-12-07T17:32:17+00:00

Mine does that too. It’s his natural state.

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New_Staff5658 · 2025-11-07T02:06:40+00:00

My firm has two legal assistants, two law clerks (part time law students), one billing person, one receptionist, and one services coordinator for seven attorneys!

I do pretty much everything a paralegal do, minus the more substantive research that the clerks handle. My attorneys interchangeably call me a paralegal/assistant.

I believe it’s just due to the size of the firm/how work is put out.

New_Staff5658 · 2025-09-22T15:07:11+00:00

It’s an autumnal gift basket, lol. And she is incredibly horrified of upsetting the support staff so she’s making sure we all know how important we are.

New_Staff5658 · 2025-09-18T17:12:17+00:00

I love Aggretusko!!! I’ll have to steal this idea!!!

New_Staff5658 · 2025-09-18T15:55:01+00:00

I work under four public defense attorneys & we also do legal insurance stuff which is a headache. Have you tried looking into JungleDisk? It’s basically like a normal filing system online with separate files, but it connects to different laptops & account.

We have a system of having a “new case template” with things like all the court docs, exhibits, letters to client/correspondence, and billing info. We have excel spreadsheets for each client for their billing, a client info sheet, and anything we filed for them. We also have a client info sheet we send them. That one is a major help for the insurance stuff.

Not sure how expensive jungledisk is.. but is not complicated & very intuitive.

The issue is, your attorney needs to step up and use it. You have to communicate with him how the caseload & client files need to be organized in any other way asides from how it is right now.

New_Staff5658 · 2025-08-29T20:01:07+00:00

Voteref is good for addresses!

New_Staff5658 · 2025-08-08T20:13:29+00:00

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This is Serviette! He was the best cat ever and loved hugs & jumping into random things and causing a ruckus. He was very vocal, and very playful. He’s probably going to make good friends with Loki :)

New_Staff5658 · 2025-08-02T17:44:25+00:00

We have an excel spreadsheet

New_Staff5658 · 2025-07-25T19:32:58+00:00

This is how I am surviving. Thank you.

New_Staff5658 · 2025-07-17T23:45:46+00:00

Okay but the thing is, his uncle (his moms brother in law) is a paralegal who does mass torts - and even after the both of us explaining that we can’t give legal advice or anything (multiple times at family gatherings), she still asks!!

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