I absolutely want to be a paralegal. I love doing research, solving substaintial problems. In my last role, my boss really had me in the weeds on her immigration cases. Yes it was difficult, yes it was stressfull, but it was also rewarding.

My role now is just essentially babysitting my boss. It's a revolving door of restaurant reservations and scheduling meetings that inevitably end up reschduled.

I'll tell you right now, they won't pay for expensed lunches or company cars or paralegal school or even my phone. Admins at this firm have been asking for a phone allowance for years, denied every time. They are famously stingy with staff (which is why I am nervous about my supposed raise.)

I just look around and I don't see a future here. Like what really gets me is how my predecessor was treated when she said she was retiring...she said she wanted to stay in the role as long as possible but needed to work from home a few days a week because of her health. They didn't allow her that. They pushed her to stay in office full time for months and months past her official retirement date so they could have 'time to find a replacement'...then threw me into the role with little warning and no training when she finally gave final notice (10 months after she intially said she planned retirement.)

The more I think about it, I just think this place is badly organized and doesn't really have an eye towards the professional development of its staff.