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I used to work for a female partner who would require me to send draft emails to her for everything, including acknowledgement emails to the client. As a 6th year at the time. And she was so psycho that she told me and the other female associate that she needed us to copy her on every single email, even if it was just between the female associate and myself. She also stole credit for the book of business I brought in as an associate and fired me (but was too chicken to do it herself lol). There was a lot more psycho behavior and I got an above average severance because of it

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Haha oh I had as much fun as I could on my way out, enjoyed every minute of serving it back on a silver platter. The best was telling the PGL how much sh$& she talked about the group and bringing receipts 😂

Coworker’s boss used to call him at 11pm if his time wasn’t in or if it was under 8 hours that day

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lol sounds like the boss’s personal beach 🏖️

The one time I asked the partner for personal advice at work (house maintenance related), the response was, “I couldn’t afford their ppl.” Along w making me reschedule all my doctor appts….

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