I had a death in the family last week and family staying with me as a result. They arrived Friday. That morning a partner asked for help, and I did because it was a discrete project. That night, the partner emailed me asking for follow up research by Saturday. I didn't see the email until this morning because of the death/family. I emailed today to explain and partner already did the work. I told the practice group leader last week about the death but no one else. How bad is this?

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At a normal firm, totally fine.

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I completely understand the panic and nerves that you’re feeling. However, if it’s not fine, that’s not a firm I would want to work for.

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It is fine, but there's also a healthy lesson here-- just say what you've got going on, if its rational! I mean, why do we have this knee jerk reaction to be like Oh No I can't just say someone died or I'm on vacation-- but you'll be better off overcoming that reaction and just telling people what's up.

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Well, yes. If your thing is a normal, healthy, temporary disruption in availability then she are it. If it's a major health issue or major work disruption, then you should probably be having a deeper conversation with HR. Either way, being open is may fold better than underperforming on expectations.

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You were dealing with a family death. Just apologize and say you weren’t monitoring emails because you were dealing with a family death. Absolutely nothing to dwell on or worry about. It’s perfectly reasonable to not be checking emails while dealing with a death. Sorry for your loss.

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Bad in that you didn’t see email from Friday morning until Monday morning. That’s unreasonable at most firms to not be checking emails and at least respond, unless like a spouse or immediate family member died unexpectedly Friday morning. Or, you would at least have your OOO up indicating bereavement leave. There’s no problem with not doing the assignment. But not checking an email for three days is an issue except in extremely rare circumstances.

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It was Friday night around 8pm. I was keeping an eye on email on my phone but just missed it in the flood of other emails until I opened my laptop today. Still not great, though.

My question, the one sending project via email, were they aware of the death in your family. I would have made sure entire firm was aware including HR. I’ve worked with jerks before that would use the fact you didn’t complete project as reason to push u out the door. 😢

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Some firms avoid this sort of events by requiring attorneys to notify all the lawyers they work with (not just partners and certainly not only the partner you work for) of any planned absences. So, it was routine to see emails from associates and partners alike (or their secretaries) alerting absences as well as whether they can access systems. But I would not worry about it, especially if there is no such procedure in place. As someone else said, if the work was done (even with some inconvenience to the partner), there is no harm and you were justified because of what was going on.

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