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Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:49 am
by Anonymous User
JA at a firm who shares a veteran secretary with one of the elder partners. She is totally unreliable. My cohorts also complain about their secretaries… is this normal? I am not demanding a “Donna at Suits,” but at least a secretary who is somewhat helpful.
Tell us about your secretary.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:17 am
by dixiecupdrinking
They're all fine at my office but I wouldn't give them anything more complicated than a letter to print and mail or something.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:45 pm
by Anonymous User
Mine is a nice person and you can tell she's trying, but she's lousy. Almost as lousy as the paralegals around here. It's funny because there are some amazing assistants at the firm, but there are also some real duds.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:30 pm
by UnicornHunter
This might be the shittiest thread on TLS, conceptually.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:31 pm
by ymmv
TheUnicornHunter wrote:This might be the shittiest thread on TLS, conceptually.
I agree with the sentiment but, no, not even close.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:02 pm
by NotMyRealName09
My prior assistant was utterly god-awful, so much so that I actually felt compelled to tell HR that (1) she suckkkkkked and (2) I need a new one as fast as possible. I complained enough that they actually let me interview potential replacements. From that, I found my current assistant, and she is just fantastic. So great that if I were to ever leave my firm, I'd try and bring her with me.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:03 pm
by Anonymous User
Mine is very knowledgeable and capable, but she has the work ethic of a dead fish.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:01 pm
by UnicornHunter
ymmv wrote:TheUnicornHunter wrote:This might be the shittiest thread on TLS, conceptually.
I agree with the sentiment but, no, not even close.
Execution hasn't been too bad yet, but I stand by my statement that the concept is as bad as I've seen.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:06 pm
by jrf12886
ITT, nearly-useless associates complain about secretaries being useless, but probably know nothing about what those secretaries actually do.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:07 pm
by UnicornHunter
jrf12886 wrote:ITT, nearly-useless associates (who are paid $160k/year) complain about secretaries (paid a fraction of that) being useless, but probably know nothing about what those secretaries actually do.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 6:31 pm
by so ambivalent
One of our partners' had an emotional breakdown and said I belittled her when I triesd to explaing you can save a pdf (the pdf was a civil summons form) without converting it into a word document. She also left to go home "sick" when I asked her to call the DE Sec State re: corp filing fees and whether to make it by check or credit card. I can't even look at her anymore.
DFTHREAD
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 6:43 pm
by Desert Fox
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 6:46 pm
by Outis Onoma
so ambivalent wrote:One of our partners' had an emotional breakdown and said I belittled her when I triesd to explaing you can save a pdf (the pdf was a civil summons form) without converting it into a word document. She also left to go home "sick" when I asked her to call the DE Sec State re: corp filing fees and whether to make it by check or credit card. I can't even look at her anymore.
Well, were you being an ass about it?
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 6:50 pm
by Anonymous User
Mine has curly brown hair and is pretty cute, but in an understated way. She doesn't wear a lot of makeup and she doesn't seem like she likes her job very much. To be honest, I sort of have a crush on her but she is engaged to this blue collar idiot guy that works in the building. I'm hoping she breaks things off before the wedding but I don't know if I have the courage to do more than flirt with her at her desk.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:39 pm
by Young Marino
Anonymous User wrote:Mine has curly brown hair and is pretty cute, but in an understated way. She doesn't wear a lot of makeup and she doesn't seem like she likes her job very much. To be honest, I sort of have a crush on her but she is engaged to this blue collar idiot guy that works in the building. I'm hoping she breaks things off before the wedding but I don't know if I have the courage to do more than flirt with her at her desk.
Lol I guess there's nothing like stealing a blue collar d-bag's girl.
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:43 pm
by lemons
Anonymous User wrote:Mine has curly brown hair and is pretty cute, but in an understated way. She doesn't wear a lot of makeup and she doesn't seem like she likes her job very much. To be honest, I sort of have a crush on her but she is engaged to this blue collar idiot guy that works in the building. I'm hoping she breaks things off before the wedding but I don't know if I have the courage to do more than flirt with her at her desk.
THE OFFICE
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:02 pm
by PennBull
Mine is very nice and does my basic shit fine but yeah I much prefer to do my own printing editing whatever
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:42 pm
by mr.hands
lemons wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Mine has curly brown hair and is pretty cute, but in an understated way. She doesn't wear a lot of makeup and she doesn't seem like she likes her job very much. To be honest, I sort of have a crush on her but she is engaged to this blue collar idiot guy that works in the building. I'm hoping she breaks things off before the wedding but I don't know if I have the courage to do more than flirt with her at her desk.
THE OFFICE
The part about her being attractive was a dead give away
Re: Tell me about your secretary
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:23 am
by lawschoolftw
mr.hands wrote:lemons wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Mine has curly brown hair and is pretty cute, but in an understated way. She doesn't wear a lot of makeup and she doesn't seem like she likes her job very much. To be honest, I sort of have a crush on her but she is engaged to this blue collar idiot guy that works in the building. I'm hoping she breaks things off before the wedding but I don't know if I have the courage to do more than flirt with her at her desk.
THE OFFICE
The part about her being attractive was a dead give away
lol this was awesome.
