I haven't blogged in years. So much has happened.
that new job at the firm? I lasted 18 months and then they fired me. I left happily and started a new job at a start up 2 weeks later.
6 months later the start up fired me. I was unemployed for 6 months then I got a temporary gig in the city. I was there for 7 months and then i had to leave. 2 months later I got another job and 10 months later they fired me.
wtf?
so the firm: I was given new clients after they'd done a finance deal so there is basically nothing to do. after the finance round closes, they have however many millions of dollars to build their company so there's no work. i couldn't keep my billables up because of instances like this. and i'd always volunteer to help another paralegal but they didn't want to give their billable work away.
the start up: i went in as a paralegal and left as an account manager. they role changed weekly. it isn't anyone's fault, it's the nature of a start up. that is how they become a company by adjusting all the time. i am a paralegal, i am no account manager.
the other job: it was pretty good, i made good money and the location was easy. it was an old company where people were there for decades--30, 40 years! my mgr was a micro mgr and my predecessor would review my work all the time. such a bad situation but i was willing to deal with it until the new year.
the temp gig: i remain friends with the woman i covered for and she is leaving next summer to move to Germany with her husband so that job will be available again.
also like a year after diamond passed away i got another dog, liberty. liberty looks exactly like diamond but she's a different color like a weimaraner color. but she's a pit
when will I succeed at work? when?
