I was a legal assistant at a lawfirm. I was being underpaid and some ladies were trying to play smart with me. Y'all also need some more context so here it goes.
Back in November, I got promoted to legal assistant, before that I was the document janitor literally. Ok, I had this supervisor I really liked but she wasnt supervising me since we weren't in the same area until November. She was all nice at first and I really liked working with her tbh.
This year, I started doing stuff I had never done before like real life docs and stuff like that, making more phone calls, sending docs to clients etc. I didn't know this supervisor was so picky, she said the documents I sent were all wrong and it was literally just details like the signature placing and some other things that weren't even important. Don't think I'm being careless or lazy, no. It was just different styles we had. She gave a quick training on how she wanted things to be done. After that, it was all cool.
A few weeks go by and she started saying I was lazy and productivity levels were low and what was going on. I'll be honest, I was feeling down because I was told this year I would be making good money but only got a dollar raise. I went from 3 to 4. This was a US firm btw. I don't know if it was because of my age (20) but wtf?
I couldnt tell her I was feeling down because of this. This low productivity shit was for like 2 days. Maybe more but of what Im asare of was 2 days. I fixed this after they told me. Ok, all is good and its February. This supervisor started breathing on my neck all day long trying to find the smallest "mistake" according to her. She didn't like what I was doing and she said she didn't believe or think I was an honest worker so now i had to send an end of day report to her and like 3 others.
March came and there was a weekly meeting and this monster kept showing my "terrible" work in front of everyone for about 1.5 hours. It was embarrassing. After the meeting, the supervisor, hr lady and a friend of the supervisor had a meeting that lasted another hour. I forgot to say this meeting was through meet but the smart ass supervisor didn't stop recording the meeting. It was an hour of talking shit about me. How I took 90% of her time, how I wasnt mature enough for this job, that I was being paid a lot of money and more shit. I decided that was it. In the end I didn't leave that day. This recording was like the first week of march. And the 3 ladies said things about me.
I had a 1:1 meeting with the hr lady 2 weeks later so I told her about the meeting and how I would've appreciated it if they were honest and told me how they felt. The next day this other girl started arguing with me for no reason. I had to do some follow ups. I did but she wasnt happy with the update I gave her. The next day after the cargue, so on March 18, I made it late and the supervisor's friend said the firm didn't have to adapt to my schedules because I was an employee. I had enough and told the hr lady I had enough. This past Friday was my last day. I'm most of all upset because everything I said they wouldnt believe me and would just call me lazy. Exposing the ladies with the boss would be useless and even if he believed me, I was already exhausted mentally and physically. They probably got away with it.
The problem now is that I have nothing now. My last paycheck is this Friday. I no job lined up. Nothing. How the fuck would I also have a saving? if what I made was literally $150 a week. And this week is only $130 because on Friday I left before 5. I also help at home with bills and everything and not because my parents are broke, but because Im at this age where if I know I can help at home, I will.
Sorry if this is too much to read but it's just what's going on. I tried looking for better paying jobs but it is harder than I thought.
If you have any idea of where I should try please let me know. Every comment is appreciated.