So Humongo Client has instructed my boss to pull in the outsourced management work. My current management work will not be affected at this time. He is pulling in the work from the other attorneys that manage stuff. However, he will not be sending me the additional management work that he was going to send me this month. He said that it is probably temporary - and that he will send me other work to keep me busy.
I guess it is a good thing that I am the last in line of heads that may be chopped. However - it makes me think about expanding my client base to include a second Humongo Client...
I did receive an inadvertant compliment. I had received some really bad work from an outside law firm. Because he sent it at the last minute on the day it was due - I did significant revisions to his draft - instead of asking him to make the changes and sent him the draft and copied my boss.
This really awful attorney had a PC-like attitude - argued and lied. He filed his draft instead of following instructions and tried to cover it up.
Anyhow - my boss gently said he disagreed with me - he thought the copy of the draft in the email I copied him on was very articulate and well written - and was very surprised that I did not like it! He thought that the draft he read was the awful attorney draft. He did not realize it was the draft I had pretty much re-written. I told him that was my draft and my style and thanked him for the compliment!
My boss has seen me manage - but has never seen my writing before. So as he is under the gun to cut costs and fire people - he now has another reason to keep me!
Humongo Client does this over and over again - keeping everyone off balance all the time. My boss assured me I was okay - but well these things don't mean much if he received an edict from above to fire. My boss' boss also knows of me - so that is in my favor...
We will see how things pan out. My savings account is replenished - so I am fine the rest of the year. Not so sure I am going to have the hardwood floors done this year. We'll see... Maybe I will just do one room at at time...
So good news. My boss has yet another reason to appreciate me. Bad news - it may not matter if there are more budget cuts.
