I need you to come into work this weekend

So, I have nothing against Jews but the new bookkeeper in the office is Jewish, wears a yarmulke and gets to leave at 1pm every Friday in order to be home by sundown - he lives about 35 minutes by subway from the office - in the summer, the sun sets between 8 and 8:45pm in NY - why does he get to leave at 1pm on Fridays in the summer?

Quote: aceofspades

So, I have nothing against Jews but the new bookkeeper in the office is Jewish, wears a yarmulke and gets to leave at 1pm every Friday in order to be home by sundown - he lives about 35 minutes by subway from the office - in the summer, the sun sets between 8 and 8:45pm in NY - why does he get to leave at 1pm on Fridays in the summer?

Because you work in an office where
insanity seems to be the general rule?
Just a guess..

Quote: aceofspades

So, I have nothing against Jews but the new bookkeeper in the office is Jewish, wears a yarmulke and gets to leave at 1pm every Friday in order to be home by sundown - he lives about 35 minutes by subway from the office - in the summer, the sun sets between 8 and 8:45pm in NY - why does he get to leave at 1pm on Fridays in the summer?

Because he is smarter than you and negotiated it when he was hired? Only answer I can think of.....

Quote: SOOPOO

Because he is smarter than you and negotiated it when he was hired? Only answer I can think of.....

Noooooooooo - if I was Jewish and stated I needed to be home by sundown or couldn't turn a light switch on on a Friday after sundown, I would be kowtowed to as well

(not singling out Judaism - insert your favorite Christian or Muslim holiday)

Got to love how some staff are more equal than others

Quote: SOOPOO

Because he is smarter than you and negotiated it when he was hired? Only answer I can think of.....

I also negotiated a "work from home one day per week" schedule and it was taken away from me -- imagine him trying to interfere with someone's "faith" -- there would be a civil rights lawsuit

Quote: aceofspades

I also negotiated a "work from home one day per week" schedule

Verbally, which was meaningless. As
you found out.

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Got to love how some staff are more equal than others

All I know of lawyers is from
TV shows. They always complain
about hours, constantly. 60 and
80 and 100 hours a week and
being on call 24/7.

Quote: Evenbob

All I know of lawyers is from
TV shows. They always complain
about hours, constantly. 60 and
80 and 100 hours a week and
being on call 24/7.

There are levels of lawyers. The top ones get into law firms. The rest work shoulder to shoulder with us commoners, well below what a degree is needed for.

What you do not see on TV is law is a lead-driven business, just like vinyl sing or replacement windows. Few people need a lawyer for more than small stuff. Wills, deeds, etc. Criminal law is nothing like on TV. DUIs are a big business. Competition is fierce. A few clients are good people that just had a bad night. The rest are multiple offenders who might show up for court loaded. Or criminal law where chances are you are defending a guilty party. Then you have to hope these people pay.

Law schools have been closing, so word might be getting out that it is not TV.

Quote: Evenbob

This was predicted 10 years ago.
There was a glut of lawyers and
more on the way and no jobs for
them. My nephew got a law degree,
found no job, married an engineer
and is now a stay at home dad.

A law-school boom started when "LA Law" was big. I like shows and movies that show what new lawyer is really like. Working out of the back of a nail salon chasing any kind of case you can find might be extreme, but not so far off. In fact, Jimmy hustling for the elder-law clients was probably one of the most real portrayals of a lawyer in TV of movies of all time. His gf getting all that business from a regional bank, no way that would ever happen.

Guy I worked the courthouse with summed it up. Said if you are not going to a top-10 law school, fuhgeddabaddit. The good jobs go to those students. Big law firms do not recruit below there. ROI on your law degree gets very low below there.