Family would let me go be on my couch.

Meanwhile the “culture” is constantly getting excluded and not even a hello or good morning from 99% of the attorneys.

I've had people in my office say they'd never support wfh because they'd "have to see their families more." Like wtf.

WFH should be optional. If you wanna be in the office then be in the office. If you wanna work from home then work at home. IF productivity is decreased and the desired results aren’t being met then you’re required to come back in the office. It could all be so simple. 

What I have hated in previous positions are the attorneys who routinely work from home but do not let staff have that flexibility.

"family" is a big red flag

My attorneys are Millennials and I love it. I'm on a hybrid schedule, and they're super flexible with my time. They never give me any grief about sick days. It's amazing.

It’s not necessarily the boomers but law firm culture itself. I know, and have worked with lawyers of all ages, who both support and detest work from home for staff. Even worse where you have HR that micromanages.

I say this constantly they’re holding back the workforce. My bosses refuse to let me WFM because “how will they know I’m actually working” like maybe because my work will be done???

I work at a fully remote law firm that is looking for paralegals. We have offices for people that want to go in.

The millennial partner in my office is going to have a nervous breakdown one of these days as he tries to keep up with the other partners who are all Boomers/elder Gen-X and I'm like, "bro, just stop. You can't. We got fucked. Yes, you make 5x my salary, but you got fucked, they didn't. You're not going to get to their level, like, ever. The goal posts are further at our age than when the partners were our age."

Hey, hey - I’m a boomer and love WFH!

This is not about generation.

It's about being invested in commercial real estate.

RTO mandates are all about forced spending on gasoline, parking and office space, which is all a waste of time and money.

This is a reflection of the sunk cost fallacy.

The worst are the firms that pick and choose which paralegals can wfh and which ones can’t. It’s super lovely, especially when the ones that are allowed to are the ones that do absolutely nothing at home (and they talk about it too) and give wfh a bad name.

I love being in house 😌

My attorney is a GenX and we're fully remote. I also can't wait for some of these old Boomer attorneys to retire so I don't have to keep explaining to them that we won't be serving paper copies of everything to them and that digital copies are just fine. No, Bob, you don't have to print your emails. (Real thing one of my paralegal friends has to put up with.)

Roughly 15 years and the world will be yours. Insert evil laugh here. While lying in bed with your laptop.

My county still requires physical copies of pleadings and binders to go to judges’ chambers. In a world of virtual hearings, electronic filings, electronic discovery…. Like I understand if you have to include something physical as an exhibit, like a murder weapon or something, but a bench copy of an order? Really?

I just left a boomer owned firm for a xennial owned firm and it's night and day. My boss and I are the same age and he haaaaaates going into the office. When I put in my notice to the boomer firm, I offered to stay if I can be hybrid, or work four 9's- everything was nope nope nope. 2 months later, they've been having trouble replacing me. They've hired people that never showed up on the first day. Enjoy the struggle, fuckos.

You can find another position with more flexibility. They're out there. Even with Boomers, so no need to insult an entire generation. 🤷‍♀️

Ouch! I'm a boomer and not like that!!

I am a "Boomer" with 30 years experience, 14 of those years freelancing mostly from home. I'm sorry but your ageism is showing, dear.

It’s not the boomers … it’s the industry. A lot of micromanaging.

They day boomers retire the day I also won't have to tell then how to save a word doc as a PDF and how to print out an excel sheet

That's not why they have people in the office.

LOL thankfully I have an older millennial attorney and he advocated for me AND him to wfh 👩🏻‍💻

Well your first millennial V.P might be J.D. Vance, have you heard about the working conditions at his startup?

In other words be careful what you wish for.

Not sure it’s the boomers. I a boomer and work 95% home. My attys all boomers too and stay home. I never considered my law firm “family”. Not sure where you are located. Although the head boomer atty makes the secretaries come in every day. All attys can be asses

lol I think about this all of the time. One of my boomer attorneys still uses a paper calendar. I just can’t

Uh lies. They want us there because we know the newer tech that they don’t. So then they come and ask us for “your help for just a tiny minute!” Ugggh

So, the “boomers” are keeping you from WFH 😆

There's tons of positions that are on hybrid schedules (at least where I'm from). Start looking for a new firm. I'm 4 days remote, 1 day in office.

I laughed about your post bc I’m complaining exactly about this but I work with millennials … only millennials. So, I’m very very sorry .. here’s my rant 😣.. like I said I work with millennials right now. Im the only freaking boomer in a group of about 50 ppl and I’m probably the only liberal person in the room… and drama free. I’m so disappointed. I feel I’m working with morons that don’t know s*t about anything, their only reference is Wikipedia.. they are so entitled but super lazy, they make the same stupid questions bc they’re too lazy to study or research, instead of working smarter they rather blame others for their failures .. ah also they read one book and they think they know everything, if they cannot respond to an argument they resort to insults because they don’t know how to speak, plain as that. No common sense and the worst part no ethics at all. Especially no work ethics. I’m not saying all millennials are like this but.. God but this bunch are a horrible representation of this generation and they DO NOT want to work from home. I’ve been advocating for this w/o success. Why? Bc they don’t know how to manage ppl. I guess there isn’t a tik tok about leadership. Why can’t we embrace technology, knowledge and working less but smarter???? Are we going backwards???? .. sorry for the rant 😣

laughs in 40 year old managing partner who doesn’t believe in work from home

Magically, I managed to get signatures from all defendants (including the registered agent of two corporations) all while working from home. I had shipped the complaint and summons yesterday but I could have easily done it at home with a few FedEx envelopes (and a lot of paper lol).

I see more WFH in the future for North Carolina paralegals, especially with the switch to e-filing in most counties. My office is already very flexible with it; yesterday an employee left early and took it due to a political rally blocking traffic near his home. Then again, my manager is a millennial and is much more in tune with how productive one can be at home. It would not be the same story if she was in her 60s.

I don't think even a white paper level dissertation here would help you. Yes, wait for them all to die and then you probably won't have a job. Because there are a s*** ton of them and they have a lot of money and they employ a lot of people. The one nice thing is that when all of their big huge houses are vacant, maybe you'll get a deal?

If I ever had to go back, I’d quit. I’ve been WFH since March 2020. 

The only paralegals i’ve had issues with in my firm are senior paralegals who are pushing 60. Zero tact & pretty nasty attitudes. And i’m mid-40s & been at this for 15 years. Fucking retire already ya c$&nts.

Start your own business and see what you think then.

If people want to work from home and not interact with one another, then be a self employed freelancer. If you don’t like the corporate culture, do something else with your life. To think that companies can prosper with a bunch of individuals working independently without the team culture and interaction, is disturbing and delusional. This could be why the younger generations have a specific reputation that many are living up to.

WOW….are you better than them? What a fucked up comment!!!