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I don’t think this an ADHD thing. Most people would be floundering without an assistant to help them. Tell them you are at capacity and need help and not having an assistant is really effecting your workload. If they want to hire somebody that’s fine but they need to make it a priority and in the meantime, they need to have someone pinch hit and help out. I’ve had assistants quit but my firm always had one of the other assistants help me until they hired someone. Even if one of the assistants helps you with just a few things, it sounds like it would could make a big difference.
Tell them you’re at capacity and need help prioritizing. They should be able to assign you a temp secretary, help you figure out what needs to happy first, and maybe even take some things off your plate. Talk to an admin about it, maybe one in your practice group or else the firm training/attorney development group
Try not letting the anxiety consume you. It did to me and I was let go (I was told I was a better fit for big law lol). What helped me was splitting the tasks and assigning time to them. Ticktick or todoist are great and easy to use. Also, we tend to be perfectionists, when the job in reality requires more delivering over quality. After you're done for the day, which ofc with that amount of work will be later, don't be paranoid, you should feel OK to enjoy your free time. Enjoy your free time!
If you are feeling overwhelmed and getting behind, ask your supervisor for advice and assistance. Note you have been sans assistant since you started and its starting to show. DO NOT blame ADHD for the situation unless it becomes necessary and is confirmed by a professional source. Using something that might affect your ability to do the job that you hid from your employer as an excuse for job-related problems possibly caused by the condition you did not acknowledge is definitely not advisable. It pretty much begs for the comment: "The first time I should have been told about this was during your interview, not when the walls are crumbling and the roof is caving in."
Also this.
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You should disclose ADHD to your employer for one reason only: to request reasonable accommodations. You cannot use it as an excuse for not doing the job.
And for what it’s worth, your flailing here isn’t due to ADHD, no one could be expected to manage this workload.
In your shoes I’d look to lateral immediately. It’s a huge red flag if they let their attorneys drown like this and if they can’t get enough support staff. It’s almost guaranteed their staffing issue is due to being cheap, which is nearly impossible to fix.
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The best accommodations aren’t real accommodations. It’s more of an accountabili-buddy holding you to your word. Because “I’ll just do it later” is a damned lie and we know it…
first, i just want to thank everyone for providing thoughtful advice while still keeping it real. i truly appreciate everyone’s comments. to answer some of your Qs: to make a long story short, no there aren’t any other assistants who can help me. they’re not being cheap & are actively looking for a replacement. i’ll def take everyone’s advice into consideration but in the meantime this has me wondering what everyone’s systems are for self-managing your workload. i was pretty good at prioritizing before but now i feel like im losing the grip on that. thanks again !
I had a conversation with a partner earlier this year who was critiquing my ability to anticipate deadlines (so that I didn’t keep asking “what can I do next?” but could instead offer to do whatever was needed in the case).
I pushed back quite a bit bc I had been feeling so underwater that I could never catch up, much less be forward-thinking. In response, he suggested that going forward I make a “case overview” sheet whenever I get a new matter and that I throw in the case schedule, any anticipated deadlines, a quick summary of the claims, and opposing counsel and our client’s contact info. I hate to admit that he was right, but for every new case I have, I do feel like I have a slight bit more control over upcoming deadlines and am finally getting my feet under me. I’m still drowning in some of my older matters where I haven’t been able to catch up, but having a quick “cheat sheet” of upcoming deadlines in most of my cases has been super helpful. (Also if you make a template, it’s a relatively quick full-in-the-blank.)
the work is really stacking up. i’m getting overwhelmed. i don’t think i would’ve gotten to this point if i had an assistant. not sure what to do. do i say hey this is getting a bit much…bc btw i have ADHD….but then it’s like , why didn’t i say that from day 1. 🤦🏻♀️