[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Jobs and Work

[Ladi lyndi]

> Cindy C. wrote:
> 
> << Does *anyone* like their job? What kind of
> job is it, and why do 
> you like it? >>
> 

Lynn:

Well, my 'job' at this point is Mommy and I
really do like it.  I was informed upon my first
year in the Netherlands that I was unemployable
as I didn't fit into any specific category.  I
was either under or over qualified for the jobs
and so businesses wouldn't hire me.  That was
okay.  I decided that meant I didn't need to
learn any more Dutch than I had to to survive. 
LOL  I've gotten a 4 year rest from working and
I've had fun playing with my daughter.  Now that
she's in school, however, I'm going nuts since it
means I actually have time to do housework, which
I hate.  Good thing I now have packing for
England to keep me occupied and I'm hoping that
I'll be able to find a part-time job during the
time we live there.  I do miss working. 

However, my profession is that of legal
secretary, which I did for a great many years.  I
have to say that whether I liked my job depended
on with whom I worked and what type of law they
practiced.  My favorite by far was my last job, a
law firm in Boston.  While there were times that
the stress and pressure made me wonder what in
the world I was doing the job for, overall, I had
a great boss (he was a partner) who understood
that my life's ambition was not to sit mindlessly
in front of a computer transcribing tapes.  (He
did a lot of employment defense law, which I
adore.)  Instead I got to do research, draft
pleadings, work with the clients, really get
involved with the cases.  He was great at
explaining things and we really worked as a team
rather than lawyer/secretary.  We even had a
running joke going that I had my own 'case', but
that's another story.  During my time working for
him, I also worked with an associate.  I
routinely got the new attorneys to train and
would work with them for a year or two before
getting the next new one.  Most were pretty good
once they realized that a good legal secretary
knew more about the practice of law than they
did.  LOL

Of course, the downside is that there really
isn't a career path.  Once you're working for the
head guy at the firm there's no where else to go
unless you can transition into the administrative
work within the firm.  On the upside, you could
usually have a life and work regular hours.

Lynn
(who found she speaks Dutch much easier when
she's tired since then she doesn't think, her
dyslexia kicks in and the words get mixed up
sufficiently to actually make sense)

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