AITH for wanting to leave a firm after everyone quit.
Para of 5 years here. This is the second firm I've worked for and I'm thinking about leaving. Over the span of a year, we've had about 8 people come and go. I started with a full staff and ended up being the only para up until last week where a new para was hired. Long story short, it used to be 3 attys included the owner, 1 pre lit para(me) and 1 litigation para. Other staff consisted of VAs, medical requestors, case manager and operations manager. The owner fired the older atty that'd been there for 6 years bc he wasn't "keeping up with the times" he was 65 and was very traditional, wouldn't use AI the way the owner wanted. The atty girl quit because she was promised more money and better training and never got it, so she left for a firm thats now giving her 2x her salary and she's happier than ever. The operations manager left because she hated working PI and the field; was only there bc she felt guilty of leaving given she knew owners wife since high school. Other people have left and gotten replaced but I fear I still am just trucking along. I left my previous firm for more money and a more structured place but I wished I would've stayed. I know am a operations paralegal meaning I do my cases but also help the firm with training, sops, and anything else that requires behind the scenes. I appreciate the opportunity and pay raise but it was given to me only bc I didn't leave after 4 people left back to back and they had no choice but to promote me to keep me. As per the actual owner, he's not best and definitely has his days where he's a total jerk. But pay is good now and I live 10 minutes from work. I wanted to leave before everyone quit and now I'm worry about quitting because what if the grass is not greener somewhere else? I'm so over PI. Every time someone has quit my boss talks so much shit about them and like texts them and tells them he's disappointed blah blah. I hate feeling guilty if I leave even thought it's my decision. Anyone been through a similar situation? My dream was always IP law, but I don't live in a place where IP laws hire much, the people that work there, stay there.
Sorry for the long message, just venting and wanting to see what other paras experience.