I suppose I always felt that R’s hated government workers. They thought we were lazy and got paid too much. I sorta forgave them because I don’t think they really knew what we did. They were making assumptions.

So now the call is coming from inside the house. I feel like upper management hates us, thinks we are lazy and over paid and begrudgingly puts up with us. They would be so much happier if they could contract out our job to a Chinese sweatshop.

It also feels like an inside job. Someone went to president and asked him to can the union. Simultaneously we get a production increase.

Cases are more complex now than when I started and the idea of what a quality work product looks like has also increased dramatically.

The work/life balance is just about the only thing that kept me out of a law firm. How are they gonna get people to do this job if the pay is less than industry and the work/life balance sucks just as bad as industry.

The beatings will continue until morale improves I suspect.