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We’re Going to Have to Let Our Receptionist Go for What Feels Like a Cruel Reason. I Wish It Didn’t Have to Be This Way.

Slate Magazine·Laura Helmuth·about 1 month ago
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Good Job At first, she was perfect. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by jacoblund/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Good Job   is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small?  Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here . (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, I am one of four lawyers that owns a small law firm. We share two paralegals between us.  During the pandemic, we began letting the paralegals work from home, and they loved it. They are just as productive as always, so we’ve kept that policy. However, we have run into issues because the office is not always staffed. With both paralegals at home, and lawyers in court, or meeting clients, or taking a day off after working three straight 12-hour days, we’ve had issues with missing time-sensitive mail or deliveries, clients stopping in to pay bills to find the office locked, or even people walking in off the street and directly into sensitive client meetings because no one was out front.…

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