The Temp(s)

This is Tuesday's entry.

Hard to believe this, but I had another new employee quit today. For those of you keeping score at home, this is the third person I have hired to replace Apple. The first one trained for an hour on two consecutive days after work. Then she called me and told me that her boyfriend got a great job out of town and that they were moving. The second one worked one afternoon, then sent me an email that night telling me that she could not work right now. This most recent one worked yesterday and today. Toward the end of today she informed me that this job was just not for her.

On the plus side of things, I suppose that I should be happy that each one has lasted a bit longer than the previous one. I may very well get someone to work an entire week for me soon. That will be exciting. I have a couple of leftover people who I can hire. However, I have scheduled a couple more interviews for tomorrow. If I am going to have someone new quit after a few days again, I might as well make sure that quitting person is the best person available.

Everything in the office is so backed up that it is scary. I was at work today until eight. I know that twelve hour days are the norm for many lawyers, but I can assure you that my days are usually in the nine to ten hour range. Luckily, the holiday season quickly approaches. The good part about that is that Thursday is really my last heavy court day for the year. It will give me a lot of time to train whomever it is that I wind up hiring.