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Carrer Path Blocked?
As someone who works as non-attorney staff, I found this article really interesting, and probably much closer to the truth than I might want to admit. Legal Secretaries Find Door to Advancement Shut Now, to be fair, I’ve seen this sort of thing play out at places outside of law firms as well. You have…
Bad Instructions in Litigation Support
HashtagLegal put together this little video about the frustration of not getting complete instructions from clients and project managers. One, I found it pretty on point. Two, it reminded me of something I’ve often mentioned to attorneys and other folks in our industry. The “dirty little secret” of working in litigation support is that we…
Linked: Political Leaders Should Stop Caring About Twitter
These are some interesting numbers, but as a regular Twitter user, who doesn’t tweet about politics, it also doesn’t surprise me because it’s exactly what I see when I compare “on Twitter” to “off Twitter”. “According to just about every study that has been conducted on the question, Twitter is not representative in the slightest….
Linked: Half of workers say they will only apply for hybrid or working from home jobs
I think that makes sense, and it might fit for a lot of US workers too. I know in the eDiscovery industry we are seeing more desire for flexibility, and salaries going up pretty significantly. Though we aren’t seeing the same level of disinterest in looking for a new role. Does that suggest that fewer workers in our industry have found what they are looking for in terms of flexibility and money? Or do they see the reality of changing jobs for a 15-25% pay increase versus what they’d get by staying?
That’s an interesting thing to think about. Do you know how your employees feel about that? Do you know what they want to stay? What will entice them to leave?
Linked: More women than men feel uncomfortably cold at the office, and it’s impacting their work performance
Look, work from home eliminates this. So it’s clearly a diversity “plus” to let people work at a temperature they control and are most comfortable with, right? “Temperature discomfort is one of the most common sources of complaint within office environments. In particular, research suggests that excessively cold office temperatures are a frequent issue. Notably,…
