Hey just thought I share my little gem of a story. So for the past couple of months I had been working at law firm, no Im not lawyer but I generally did office work and some quasi-laywer stuff (typing out payment orders , lawsuits etc).
So for the last couple of months the firm got this big project , that was not only alot of work but also had strict deadlines that had to be met. So they put me and this Other Guy on the project ( total newbie that got the job because he was college roommates with one of the lawyers). Along with one lawyer that will be overseeing us.
It soon becomes apparent that I have to pull most of the weight on this project. Other guy is slow, doesn't really know what he is doing and in general needs alot of reassurance before going on to the next task. But for the first couple of weeks, it's doable.
Then our lawyer quits. Leaving us ( two non-lawyers) basically in charge. The boss put lawyer #2 to supervise us, but she is basically swamped with her own workload and told us to only bother her when we have a huge problem.
As the deadlines are closing in , I become very visibly stress. I can't sleep , I start drinking alot of coffee and basically just become a walking personification of anxiety. Im getting no help from the other guy, other than him sending the update emails , doing some paperwork and constantly showing me what's new on his tik tok feed.
Fast forward to 2 weeks before the deadline, I get called into my boss's office along with my department head. He told me that he has notice how stressed out I am about the project and had terminated my contract. ( Real reason: The person that they got to replace me was on a 3 month contract , got paid less than me and was the department head's niece). Then they tried to assure me that it was for my benefit….cause I was so stressed and overwork.
I had less than an hour to clean out my desk and leave. Other Guy was scared shitless cause now he had to carry out the project.
TLDR: Never lose sleep over a job, it's not worth it.