Work Frustrations...
Went to the Olive Garden last night, it was a send off for Irma, who's leaving my crazy dysfunctional firm for a local insurance carrier....for twice the money.
I keep trying to remind myself that in 8 months I can "afford" to look....then I'll have about 1.5 years of law firm experience, but right now it is just frustrating to see a very young co-worker with little experience leaving, to get a fair bit more in pay. You'd think that with nearly 10 years of office experience I'd be worth more....well here's hoping the economy turns around soon, then maybe It will be a bit easier to find work in this glutted market.
This firm is nice enough, but they treat all the employees like children, not professionals. They have an incredible turnover (over 90 employees in 5 years) pretty bad for a relatively small law firm. And the workload is just incredible, over 3000 open cases!
Well here's hoping I get good experience, and who knows I wouldn't be the first employee to use this firm for the training and experience, and then jump ship, either to a competitor, or the Defense, preferably the County.
I keep trying to remind myself that in 8 months I can "afford" to look....then I'll have about 1.5 years of law firm experience, but right now it is just frustrating to see a very young co-worker with little experience leaving, to get a fair bit more in pay. You'd think that with nearly 10 years of office experience I'd be worth more....well here's hoping the economy turns around soon, then maybe It will be a bit easier to find work in this glutted market.
This firm is nice enough, but they treat all the employees like children, not professionals. They have an incredible turnover (over 90 employees in 5 years) pretty bad for a relatively small law firm. And the workload is just incredible, over 3000 open cases!
Well here's hoping I get good experience, and who knows I wouldn't be the first employee to use this firm for the training and experience, and then jump ship, either to a competitor, or the Defense, preferably the County.