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Has anyone else been feeling this way?
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My old firm was like this. Attorneys could freely wfh but staff could not. Policy should be equal.
My firm is the opposite, and I agree.
I mean you’re not in charge. Work from home if you want!
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Guilt is one emotion I don’t express, but if this is eating at you OP, then just go into the office more if you attach some sort of importance to solidarity. But, on a more practical (self-interested) note, your work may get priority if you are in the office.
My friend who is still at my previous firm said their policy is everyone but LAA's can work from home, which infuriates me that they act like that. To make the wheels stay on the bus, you need attorneys, paralegals, and LAA.
Talk to your boss about equity.
Exactly, one day I think would make a difference. The last thing I want is to train more paralegals as then I’ll really have to show up to work
I posted about this recently too. I joined my firm as an associate Fall of 2019. It was small. The owner, another associate who was on leave, myself and our paralegal. Owner has been WFH since pre pandemic. We’d see him in office maybe 4 hours two days a week at most.
Other associate was let go. I was made partner a few months ago and recently decided to try WFH more often. That leaves only our paralegal in office. I’ve already flagged for my partner that I may do more WFH, so we’ll have to figure out something so our paralegal doesn’t feel abandoned.
Our clerical unit was WFH during the worst part of the pandemic and it didn’t work — a number of assistants were offline during work hours, doing things way more slowly, or not working at all — so I understand why they aren’t allowed to WFH now.
(They’re also hourly at 35 hours a week, so have always had more restrictions on their time in the office, but also they don’t work nights or weekends or have to do a lot of the crappier things attorneys have to do either)
I definitely see why, we have a lot of filings and in person original deliveries
What kind of law is this?
Public finance