I’m a young lawyer (practicing for 3 years) and I absolutely hate it. My employer is supposed to provide health insurance but I still don’t have it even after being here since July. I don’t get any training other than a brief explanation of what type of court hearing I need to cover. I really don’t know what I’m doing and make it perfectly clear to him that I’m highly uncomfortable with certain types of hearings given my inexperience. I also think it’s totally unfair to the clients who are expecting a seasoned attorney who knows what they’re doing, but instead gets my dumb ass fumbling over my words while sounding nervous as fuck. The office is an absolute shit hole. I don’t even have a trash barrel in my office and had to bring my own supplies (paper clips, staples/stapler, etc). The outlet in my office stopped working the other day so I had to rearrange the furniture to plug my computer in elsewhere. This guy has no regard for his clients nor my level of comfort/experience. He just sees me as a body that owns a license to practice law and sends me to court hearings regardless if I know what I’m doing or not, just so he can keep lining his pockets. I get 85k a year, no health insurance, and no 401k. He bills my time at $325 an hour which I think is astronomical for a 3rd year lawyer. Basically this guy is the stereotypical scummy lawyer and I hate working for him. He also took my name out of a client review and put his name instead and put it on the website.
I’m waiting for a call at 11:30 am and I expect to receive a job offer. I also have a fourth and final interview over Zoom today at 3:30 for a job I want the most. I have a feeling I’ll get an offer from both places.
I do have legal obligations to consider as far as clients go, but if I get a job offer, should I even bother giving him a notice? I have an eviction trial he wants me to do on my own next week and I made it very clear I’m not comfortable doing that alone. He obvious doesn’t care. I think it would be funny to just tell him on Friday that I won’t be coming back Monday.