My fellow in house counsel - you ever wake up Friday morning to emails that make you just go “why. What the f are you asking me??” and stare longingly at the bottle of whiskey on your bar…😩

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Almost daily I’ll get an email about another group’s own policy/procedure (not even remotely a legal issue) oftentimes from the person who wrote that policy/procedure. I like to think of the situation as job security to lessen the frustration, but that only helps so much.

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HR: “Employee X wants to know if he has to comply with the company policy. What should I tell him?”

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The only thing I miss about law firm life is working with basically only extremely intelligent people. I didn’t realize the rest of the business world would have such a large mix, with so many falling on the lower half of the scale…

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Haven’t had similar experiences at companies I’ve been at, everyone was smart, intelligent, driven, and equipped with what one may call a good “business acumen”. Guess I just got lucky …

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Why did you limit to just emails on Friday? I got an email on Tuesday asking what our address was. The guy works in the same office………..

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I created and distributed effing pictures with arrows and extensive information regarding our org structure, and I daily get asked “what should I put for ‘owner’”. 🙄 just follow that little up arrow bud…

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My favorite email today is “I need this by EOD.” On. Every. Email.

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I just sent this…. It sucked but I was notified of it last minute.

Wow I felt all these comments in my soul.

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My “favorite” Friday email is “we’ve had this problem since Monday and thought it’d be best to loop you in now because we couldn’t think of a solution all week.” Obviously there is a disconnect of what it means to think.

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My company does this shit repeatedly, but for extensive periods. Will know about a problem (usually a regulatory issue) for over 6 months and keep me in the dark until there’s 2 weeks or so to address it. Then be upset when it takes 2 months to get the issue resolved. I’m currently dealing with 2 major issues that have halted operations (and slowed revenue) at our subsidiaries and I’m just like🤷🏽‍♂️😒

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I feel seen so deeply by you wonderful people

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Why are you limiting this to just morning emails? I get emails like this all day. We have to give a way to laugh about it, or it'll eat us alive.

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Samesies, except it's a bottle of wine, not whiskey!

I try to do things to promote self-service and then repeat, gently, like a broken record.

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Y’all it’s about to be Friday again. Time wasting shall peak at 8AM, wane around lunch time, and surge at 4PM. Be well

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Favorite email - “did you see my comment about that one document from the other day.” No subject and no description. Or, “hey this is more of a personal matter, do you have 10 minutes”…which then turns into an hour about a personal non legal issue that could have been solved by a bottle of vodka.

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At least once a week. And usually when I’m in the middle of something important.

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