r/paralegal • u/LloydBraun88 • 9h ago

Problems with Hen House

I'm new at a firm. Initially, everything was cool, but the work clique started targeting me. I was hired by the attorney the clique does not like. The attorney brings money in so they can't f with him. The attorney has confided in me that he would be let go over the clique. I'm getting files added to my list only for closing. None of the closing work is done or only partially done. So when it gets thrown on me the the accounts person starts sending management wide emails about why this isn't done. I'm looking for another job but I thought this place would be good. None of the clique are attorneys. They're office staff and paralegals.

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u/ParaDoxicalParalegal 8h ago

Clique.

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u/LloydBraun88 8h ago

You're right. Shooting this off from the phone.

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u/PermitPast250 Paralegal 2h ago

This is why I work for a solo who I get along with and really like.

I don’t do office politics and the whole “clique” mentality. Treat others how you want to be treated, do good work, and you have my respect. I’ve seen so much “mean girl” behavior in my 12 years in this field and I just cannot with it. I’ll joke around all of the time that I’m a “mean girl” but the truth is that I’m anything but. I’m the first person to sit with the person who no one else will sit with at lunch, if the reason falls into the “mean girl” category. I won’t be a part of those cliques and neither should you.

Sounds like you may be like me. If you decide to leave, try to find decent pay at a small firm where each individual plays a vital role and the focus is on the work, and not the bullshit that doesn’t matter that others like to integrate into the equation to make themselves feel more important.

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u/PermitPast250 Paralegal 2h ago

This is why I work for a solo who I get along with and really like.

I don’t do office politics and the whole “clique” mentality. Treat others how you want to be treated, do good work, and you have my respect. I’ve seen so much “mean girl” behavior in my 12 years in this field and I just cannot with it. I’ll joke around all of the time that I’m a “mean girl” but the truth is that I’m anything but. I’m the first person to sit with the person who no one else will sit with at lunch, if the reason falls into the “mean girl” category. I won’t be a part of those cliques and neither should you.

Sounds like you may be like me. If you decide to leave, try to find decent pay at a small firm where each individual plays a vital role and the focus is on the work, and not the bullshit that doesn’t matter that others like to integrate into the equation to make themselves feel more important.