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I guess it's kind of silly to update my journal just to say I don't know when I'll get to update again, especially since my entries are so sporadic anyway. Still, I'm excited because (1) I finished school on January 13 (associates degree in paralegal studies) and (2) I have a new job and will start on Monday.
There are a couple of people in this law firm who I'll miss but only a couple - I mean that literally, as in two. (One being the lawyer I originally began working for before he stopped being a sole practitioner and we came here.) Things I won't miss: Answering the phone more often than not because the receptionist is on yet another smoke break or personal call and the person who's supposed to be phone backup just refuses to do it. Opening the office in the morning because the receptionist can't manage to be here on time in the morning, let alone the five minutes earlier that she's supposed to get here. Evil boss (the owner) not caring about anything in the office, and the branch of law I've been working in in particular, unless something goes wrong or we miss a deadline. Good boss (the one I'll miss) being so overworked that he doesn't have time to review and sign things until, literally, the last minute. We're not a well-run firm.
The advantage to working in a place like this is that there's enough down-time that I can be online, checking e-mail, looking up fanfic, stuff like that. No more of that - the new place is very busy, enough so to keep us all working eight hours a day, five days a week and that's what they expect. I'll have to curtail some of my fannish activities until I'm hooked up at home again.
I think this is going to be a good move, career-wise. They're a known firm and respected and I have no doubt I'll be getting a thorough grounding in my field. I was a little - no very - nervous about making the move in spite of being so unhappy where I'm at. I think it's true that people get into comfort zones and don't want to leave them even if they're not good places to be. Now that I'm actually doing it, though, I'm excited.
There are a couple of people in this law firm who I'll miss but only a couple - I mean that literally, as in two. (One being the lawyer I originally began working for before he stopped being a sole practitioner and we came here.) Things I won't miss: Answering the phone more often than not because the receptionist is on yet another smoke break or personal call and the person who's supposed to be phone backup just refuses to do it. Opening the office in the morning because the receptionist can't manage to be here on time in the morning, let alone the five minutes earlier that she's supposed to get here. Evil boss (the owner) not caring about anything in the office, and the branch of law I've been working in in particular, unless something goes wrong or we miss a deadline. Good boss (the one I'll miss) being so overworked that he doesn't have time to review and sign things until, literally, the last minute. We're not a well-run firm.
The advantage to working in a place like this is that there's enough down-time that I can be online, checking e-mail, looking up fanfic, stuff like that. No more of that - the new place is very busy, enough so to keep us all working eight hours a day, five days a week and that's what they expect. I'll have to curtail some of my fannish activities until I'm hooked up at home again.
I think this is going to be a good move, career-wise. They're a known firm and respected and I have no doubt I'll be getting a thorough grounding in my field. I was a little - no very - nervous about making the move in spite of being so unhappy where I'm at. I think it's true that people get into comfort zones and don't want to leave them even if they're not good places to be. Now that I'm actually doing it, though, I'm excited.
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