The attorney I work for is trying to make me miserable enough to quit. I have found emails between him and a coworker (left i tentinally by her for me to find) documenting this. I am starting to have health issues because of the stress. There are 3 people who work in our office: the attorney, a retired paralegal who is working as his office manager, and me (legal assistant/receptionist). I get directions for both of them for every piece of work I am assigned and they are always

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Contradictory. I cannot say anything to a caller or send emails/letters that are not scripted by the attorney. He will send an email and I have to call the client with the information he has provided. I cannot add words or "chit chat". He will.losten to the call and then yell at me for being too blunt. His email was blunt. I cannot be the voice of the office and greet people they way I was hired to with his micrmanaging. I am wondering if he has been trying to get rid of me since my first week. I have only been here for 3 months. I have a degree in Paralegal, but chose to be a stay at home mom after I got it. That was 20 years ago. I am relearning everything. He has gotten angry with me for not understanding cases that I cam in on the end of and that I am excluded from all emails regarding. He hates my clothes (client compliment me constantly). He is accusing me of lying and making things up. Neither of which has happened. I dont know if I should let him win and quit so that I can devote more time to finding something else and interviewing and so I can get healthy again or if I should just keep at it because a paycheck is a paycheck. He told.me last Friday that it didnt work out (and called it giving me an opportunity to quit) but he didnt ask for the key back and sent me work to do on Monday (like I was expected to be in the office). He is getting worse every day and Im not sure how much more I can take before I need therapy

Look for a new job without quitting. But if this is making you ill quit now if you can afford it.

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