A short stay here but a time that made me fear for the rest of my future to come in the profession. I clerked here and was put in two teams that neglected me. During my time in my first rotation particularly – I was ignored and belittled behind my back. My supervisor ignored me and my mentor didn’t want to know me. At my rotation review, I got mostly negative feedback that was either incorrect or exaggerated. No one raised these issues with me beforehand for me to correct it. Because I had a permanent role hanging over my head I didn’t stand up for myself. The small attempt I did try and raise one of the issues, I was shut down immediately by HR like I was expecting too much out of clerkship.
As a result of this, I was not offered any future employment and this incident was used as scapegoat for their over hiring of clerks in the clerkship recruitment process that year. In hindsight, for the best because it was testament to the terrible culture. On a separate note, this eventually lead me to get diagnosed with ADHD, so not only was this discrete bullying but also the exhibiting of ableist behaviour.
Like someone else here who also had an issue at this firm, they perfectly described it like “it was bullying with a smile”.