u/OkPreparation1957

Hi all,

I’ve been working in law firms for the last 3 years and I have been in my current law firm for the last 1 year. I’ve been fairly good at my job and the profession, and I was doing particularly well in the current firm for 8 months with a specific supervisor, who was a gem of a person. Unfortunately, she abruptly left and we’ve received this horrendous narcissist as a supervisor who is decimating the functional systems in the workplace. His whole life at work is trackers and to do lists and trackers for trackers, with little to no meaningful work done. He also works 24/7, with 100s of emails and messages coming in at every hour of the day over frivolous tasks.

But I think the worst part for me is that he’s latched onto me as a target for harassment and abuse. He has called everything I have done so far as shit, and has endless 1-2 hour conversations with me ONLY about maintaining trackers and lists and making his life easier for folders. Also, he’s refusing to accept my leave requests for a trip in November as the team is stretched too thin to send someone away for 2-ish weeks.

The low blow is this - he’s made a “Mistakes tracker”, where he’s put across ALL mistakes that I’ve made (even if they weren’t) into a public sheet, and numbered them chronologically for everyone to see. He’s also gone bonkers about how I spend my time and wants to see my timesheets everyday for a whole week, even though he isn’t actually my ultimate reporting partner who has the authority to do this.

Disclaimer - NONE of this is happening to my colleague on the team.

I feel like I am actively being pushed out of the firm. But unfortunately quitting is not an option, at least for the next 3-4 months. How do I survive this without being miserable? Any tools, tips, tricks, even empathy or similar stories would help :)I’m just a desperate depressed person looking for some comfort and advice in this awful situation.

P.S HR is a dead end in the firm.