Law Students

The worst part, I can't write about it. It's all work related and I can't write about it. I could only give you snippets and they wouldn't make much sense. On the other hand, I don't think it would take much to paint the picture of my week.

I was yelled at, called an idiot, "tattled on" by someone I was working for, manipulated by that same someone, forced to sit in a corner and read a book as punishment, humiliated, reprimanded, and just plain broken.

I cried in a stairwell at work, in my office with my door shut, at my apartment and in my car.

The thing is, I work at a great firm. Up until this week, I have not so much as had anyone raise his voice at me. But every good group has a few bad eggs, right? And everyone has bad days and takes their anger out on the person who least deserves it. I got to be on the receiving end of all of that this week. I got to live every associate horror story you read about. And all within a six day period.

You know, after I dry my tears, get back what I have built since starting my career and get my work done, I will move on from this past week. I will take what I learned and I will file it away but never forget it so that I will hopefully never ever treat anyone the way I was treated this week.

Full post as published by Won L on March 09, 2008 (boomark / email).