re: #440 HappyWarrior

I’m reminded of my Chinese history professor. I liked the professor and I think he liked me but he was a strict grader. I passed his class but not with the usual A’s I got in history. Someone could see that and think it was because he was a hard ass but I think I had the maturity to realize he just had high expectations. The attorney I worked for was tough on me but never cruel if I made a mistake but gracious if I went above and beyond. Some people just don’t like that firm but fair approach.

I don’t have a problem with “firm but fair.” Without going into too much detail, the places I worked were toxic to the point where I walked away from the practice of law for over a year. With one of them, it got to the point where it was effecting my physical health. The two worst ones were also the two with the highest turn over (in one case, I worked there for about 6 months and when I left I had the longest tenure of any former associate for a firm that was like five or six years old at that point).