Litigation paralegal. I'm not okay and I haven't been. I've worked the past 26 days, 12 hours each week day on the low end. I feel trapped bc my salary is still pretty low and I have no time to interview or mental energy to apply.
I'm always the first one in and last one out which I know is part of the job but there is never any consideration for my work/life/health. I took 3 hours off for an essential drs appt and got attitude from my attorneys. When the associates say they are overwhelemed they get more on the matter, they get taken off other matters, no one does the same for me/us. Certain partners only want ME and they all need it yesterday.
I'm messing stuff up and making people frustrated because I am failing at basic tasks. I'm also not smart and already have to work 10x as hard as the average para to make up for it. And it doesn't help when the people from Yale are wondering why you can't rename a fucking PDF like they asked.
Thanks for reading.