Rossi's No Good Very Bad Day
May. 13th, 2011 11:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathpixieSo, for those of you in on the email I sent yesterday, I lodged a complaint against one of my lawyers yesterday. No, not A, since I can usually sort out things with him. This was one of my new ones, who has been a little harder to deal with.
One of my daily tasks is to print out A's case-related email every morning, for the purposes of filing. Wednesday I had a migraine, so I wasn't around when an email came through to the prosecutors from Investigations, wanting to know who was attending which case on Friday (one of the lawyers was triple-booked, so we had some juggling to do). One of the responses, from C. to A. was along the lines of "it's just as well [Investigations] followed up, since that doesn't happen here".
Meaning, "our assistant doesn't do her job properly".
Now, I'm fine with being told I'm missing something that needs doing. It's a very busy job and sometimes I miss stuff. But C. hasn't said a word about any problems she might have with me. Instead, she sends a bitchy note to her work BFF. It's not even like she doesn't know I have access to A's email - I told her that a while ago when we were working out what she wanted me to be able to do for her (which turns out to be precious little). So yeah, when I saw that, it kind of ruined my day. The later back and forth we had about me getting a date wrong when she hadn't informed me who was taking on her case didn't help - I actually used the expression "with all due respect" in my reply, she was being such a bitch to me.
So yeah, I complained. Went to Sonia, who went to the big boss. They both agree it's not appropriate to bitch about the assistant without actually providing any instructions, and a Talk shall happen. All I know is, I really don't want to be here today.
One of my daily tasks is to print out A's case-related email every morning, for the purposes of filing. Wednesday I had a migraine, so I wasn't around when an email came through to the prosecutors from Investigations, wanting to know who was attending which case on Friday (one of the lawyers was triple-booked, so we had some juggling to do). One of the responses, from C. to A. was along the lines of "it's just as well [Investigations] followed up, since that doesn't happen here".
Meaning, "our assistant doesn't do her job properly".
Now, I'm fine with being told I'm missing something that needs doing. It's a very busy job and sometimes I miss stuff. But C. hasn't said a word about any problems she might have with me. Instead, she sends a bitchy note to her work BFF. It's not even like she doesn't know I have access to A's email - I told her that a while ago when we were working out what she wanted me to be able to do for her (which turns out to be precious little). So yeah, when I saw that, it kind of ruined my day. The later back and forth we had about me getting a date wrong when she hadn't informed me who was taking on her case didn't help - I actually used the expression "with all due respect" in my reply, she was being such a bitch to me.
So yeah, I complained. Went to Sonia, who went to the big boss. They both agree it's not appropriate to bitch about the assistant without actually providing any instructions, and a Talk shall happen. All I know is, I really don't want to be here today.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2011-05-13 03:30 pm (UTC)That completely sucks but I'm glad that your higher ups are paying attention and backing you up on this. Having someone have your back will make this easier.