End of the Month. End of the Line?

[whatuttercrap]

It is June 30th; pay day and month end. It could also be my last day with the firm. The Partners are moving their practice to the Washington, DC office and need local support. It is a very complicated set of agreements that need to be reviewed and negotiated. Regardless, your assistant cannot be 1,500 miles away and remain effective.

We will see

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[whatuttercrap]

You bet and I already have references from a number of attorneys I work with. Could be worse, I suppose.

[whatuttercrap]

Not yet, but I am putting plans into place to get out either way.

[whatuttercrap]

In our firm, month end is always the 30th. Gives accounting one more day to rectify any outstanding issues.

[moofedct]

Would you move with them if they asked you to?

[whatuttercrap]

Oh god no. Austin is our home. David would never leave his employer. He's been with them for 22 years and makes far too much money to leave. We wouldn't be able to find anything comparable.

[moofedct]

Say, isn't *every* day always your last day, potentially??

[whatuttercrap]

Not really. I am very good at what I do and have the respect of a lot of folks in our office.

[better_angel]

I'm 1,500 miles away from my DC employer and like to think that I'm very effective. :-)

Can you convince them that you would be as well? Maybe get a work-at-home deal?

[whatuttercrap]

Work at home has been ruled out for any staff members in our firm. Plus, I tried that for nearly two years and hated having nobody to interact with except for the cat and the butcher at HEB.

These are attorneys and they are a different breed. They literally need support that is fifteen feet away.