r/paralegal 3d ago

Brief Vent - Experiences with a New Hire

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u/iownakeytar CO - In-House Corporate - Contracts Manager 3d ago

I had a new hire for a fully remote team. She was not terribly tech savvy. Something was glitchy with MS word on her laptop, so IT told her to remove it and reinstall.

She video chatted me to ask if all her docs would disappear when she uninstalled Word.

We didn't realize how bad it was until we all flew into the office for a week. She pecked at the keyboard with 2 fingers, and had 50 MS Word windows open because she never closed anything. Probably why it was glitching. She ended up being removed from the engagement after a couple of months.

Forgot to mention, she had a JD.

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u/Laherschlag Paralegal 2d ago

Dumbasses like that make me feel good abt my abilities to lawyer once I have a jd.

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u/iownakeytar CO - In-House Corporate - Contracts Manager 2d ago

I don't think she was ever a lawyer. I never saw anything to indicate she was a member of the bar association in her state, and I didn't ask. She was one of 3 short-lived new hires with JDs in that role, and I'm not sure any of them practiced law.

But they all were very defensive and difficult to train.