Dear Attorney xxx, At this time, I am writing to inform you that I will not be accepting your offer. After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that the pay you are offering would neither fulfill me nor support the lifestyle I am living in light of the work I would be doing for you. I have decided instead to work for myself, and reap 100% of the benefits that I sew. Thank you for the interviews. Dianna xxx, Esq.
From: William To: ‘Dianna’ Subject: RE: Thank you
Dianna - Given that you had two interviews, were offered and accepted the job (indeed, you had a definite start date), I am surprised that you chose an e-mail and a 9:30 PM voicemail message to convey this information to me. It smacks of immaturity and is quite unprofessional. Indeed, I did rely upon your acceptance by ordering stationary and business cards with your name, reformatting a computer and setting upboth internal and external e-mails for you here at the office. While I do not quarrel with your reasoning, I am extremely disappointed in the way this played out. I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. - Will
From: Dianna To: William
Subject: Re: Thank you
A real lawyer would have put the contract into writing and not exercised any such reliance until he did so. Again, thank you.
From: William To: ‘Dianna’ Subject: RE: Thank you
Thank you for the refresher course on contracts. This is not a bar exam question. You need to realize that this is a very small legal community, especially the criminal defense bar. Do you really want to start xxx off more experienced lawyers at this early stage of your career?
From: Dianna To: William Subject: Re: Thank you
bla bla bla
From: William To: ‘David Breen’ Subject: FW: Thank you
Did I already forward this to you?
From: David To: ‘William’ Subject: RE: Thank you
OH MY GOD! Where to begin? First of all, how unprofessional. and secondly, it is “reap what you ’sow,’” now “sew”. if she is going to use a clich?, couldn’t she at least spell it right? And WT is with her “blab la bla”? Does she not read your e-mail about it being a small community?! So, finally, can I forward this along to some folks? I am sure they would love to see how the up-and-coming lawyers are comporting themselves! (Clearly she did not go to BU!!!) J
From: William To: ‘David Breen’ Subject: RE: Thank you
You can e-mail this to whomever you want.
Shayne Train, Education, Educational Technology, Computer Literacy, Web Tools