I need you to come into work this weekend

Interview later today at the firm close to where I live

No proposal yet from the Owner - he is actually acting as if I never even handed my resignation letter in to him

I just learned he is actually upset with the protege for going behind his back and hiring someone who will work, out of the office, directly for the protege, but paid for by the Owner -- could be repercussions but I doubt it

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Interview later today at the firm close to where I live

No proposal yet from the Owner - he is actually acting as if I never even handed my resignation letter in to him

I just learned he is actually upset with the protege for going behind his back and hiring someone who will work, out of the office, directly for the protege, but paid for by the Owner -- could be repercussions but I doubt it

Good luck on your interview.

Quote: aceofspades

Interview later today at the firm close to where I live

No proposal yet from the Owner - he is actually acting as if I never even handed my resignation letter in to him

I just learned he is actually upset with the protege for going behind his back and hiring someone who will work, out of the office, directly for the protege, but paid for by the Owner -- could be repercussions but I doubt it

Are you sure you do not work at Kruger Industrial Smoothing?

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Good luck on your interview.

Thank you!

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Are you sure you do not work at Kruger Industrial Smoothing?

George: It is a horrible company. There's no management what so ever. I could go hog wild in there.

ok so i show up at the interview and the front of the building is made up of two floor to ceiling windows with gigantic letters spelling ATTORNEY

Parked in front of the building on the sidewalk is a purple sparkled Porsche

The waiting room had all sorts of plaques and photos - selfies of the head of the firm with celebrities under magazine articles about their divorces - however, from what I know - he did not represent these celebrities - just put his selfies with them along with the articles - seems to be a bold misstatement of facts but, how many people in the waiting room really understand that???

I get called in and he is fake-tanned, wearing giant diamond encrusted Rolex and a black and white paisley print tie with metallic accents and the largest tie knot ever
The interview lasted 20 minutes - he was impressed with my resume and couldn't understand why I decided to commute to Manhattan and asked me if I didn't realize beforehand that the commute would be rough - I said I did not think it would be THAT rough - he agreed

He then told me that health insurance offered at the firm costs the employee $5k/year and whether or not I was "ok with that" - I said "sure" - he then told me attorneys are required to work 11 hours per day

He then made a big deal about how all attorney must use a dictaphone to draft briefs and no attorney can type their own briefs

The interview was 20 minutes - 10 of which he spent talking about himself
5 asking me about my media appearances and
5 telling me about the health insurance and dictaphone

He said he would let me know in a couple of weeks (although, the other day his assistant told me they would have an answer by the 15th)

Basically if I was offered and took the job, it would only get me about 90 minutes extra sleep or "free time" per day compared to what I have now with a commute

I am definitely not "sold" on working there and await the current Owner's proposal to weigh my options - meaning if the current Owner offers me enough to afford an apartment in NYC and does actually isolate me from the protege and the co-counsel - I think i would stay put

Perhaps the old "devil you know"...?

Your thoughts/comments/questions?

I would look for another firm.
Going from protégé to Mr purple Porche may be out of the frying pan and into the fire

You really think the owner will just wave
his all powerful hand and make all
your problems at that firm vanish?
You may get a raise (it won't be
enough, though) and everything
will go back to exactly like it was
before.

You know this, Ace, why are you
pretending otherwise. Take the
new job, it cannot be worse than
the old one, The owner has time
and again he has no power over
ProtoDick.

Work 11 hours per day? Simple question back.



This firm does not sound great. It is too bad you cannot start a practice. These parts there is some firm that advertises they only represent men. IMHO that would be a niche market to chase assuming several other firms have not locked it up.

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Work 11 hours per day? Simple question back.



This firm does not sound great. It is too bad you cannot start a practice. These parts there is some firm that advertises they only represent men. IMHO that would be a niche market to chase assuming several other firms have not locked it up.

A firm I worked at right out of school has locked up the "men's divorce rights" market - total scam