Talked to about my performance, afraid of getting fired.
I’m the only litigation paralegal in my firm under 3 (soon to be 4) attorneys. I’m brand new, started this summer and I’ve had no schooling or previous experience in doing this. They really took a chance on me and I’m kinda blowing it. It’s a lot of work, I stay almost an hour late most days, but I try not to stay longer because I do have a family to go home to. Every single paralegal since the firm opened has been fired. I’m under a lot of pressure. I do the job well, but apparently I keep making grammatical errors in my documents. This is very probable, I won’t lie. I’ve got a lot on my plate and I rush to get things done. I do review my documents 2-3 times but I guess things do still slip through the cracks. I might be skimming a little more than I realize. They’ve mentioned it before but today they sat me down and said it stops NOW.
I totally get it. I can’t blame anyone else for that. Everything I draft gets reviewed before it’s sent out or filed, but I know they don’t want to keep fixing my errors. They said I was doing great besides that, then followed it up with saying I need to start keeping a LOG of every single thing I accomplish every hour. ??? This one was totally random and they didn’t give a reason why.
Feeling super confused and not very secure in my position and just wanted to rant I guess.