I happened to come across the club while searching for my rights as a
human being for verbal abuse and disability discrimination. I could
go on and on in a lenghtly story of what I have endured in my law
office but, I will save you the bore and break it down like this. I
work for a alchoholic attorney who is in alot of ways, some what ok.
he comes in the office only 2 times every other week. I have 2
supervisors that back stab all us other employees if were not
looking. I have a mental disability and that it does cause my memory
to fail me off and on and that I do not share freely with everyone.
One day I told my boss why I was going to the doctor because she
asked, I specificly told her that I do not tell everyone because it
causes me embearassment. Much to my amazment, I was informed that she
took it upon her self to wait for me to leave the office one day on
two occasions and hold a meeting among my small office of co-workers
and tell everyone about my disability and how my memory is bad and
that if they find any errors (im a legal secretary) to report them to
her. I also report to a 80 year old man that can say nothingg good
about anyone. to him I can not type fast enough and his favorite
quote to me is " It doesnt take that much memory to remember to do
that!" or "use your brain for once!" or "you make stupid errors!" or
my favorite from my boss when I was out sick " When she gets back in
tomorrow im going to have her head on a platter !" Everyday I hear
yelling from the back of the room of "jesus christ!" because the
courts sent something back and it gets thrown at me or thrown on my
desk from behind to startle me and told to "fix it!" and he will walk
away. My co-workers ask me everyday how do I put up with it, I cry
alot and think of my kids and my insurance I need for my medication.
My self esteem is shot and the job market is low. BUT!............ I
come home everyday and document everything those animals say!