Pay over good environment?
Hi all,
I currently work in a very small firm in California where I am the only full time support staff (reception/legal secretary/legal assistant). I basically do everything for our two partners currently. They are super nice and I got a raise before my 90 days (I’ve been here for 7 months now). We didn’t get a Christmas bonus, only an iPad and a nice staff lunch at a fancy restaurant. I work in person and get 3 sick days a year and free snacks (which I’m in charge of ordering for the office). I occasionally get gifts like chocolates but never anything huge. I currently make $24/hr which has remained consistent even though they fired the one other part time legal assistant and we are just now hiring another one. I recently reached out to a recruiter who says I could easily be starting at $28/hr. I’m just worried that I could be potentially leaving kind attorneys for a toxic workplace even if it meant better pay. Any advice?
EDIT: I should also add the Managing Partners also own our building/their own brokerage and have had trouble leasing out the office spaces. I also help with emails and communication regarding tours and leasing of the building spaces, drafting our buildings parking spot leases, letting roofers/cleaners/etc into different areas of the building,making Canva graphics for the building vacancies, making Craigslist postings for the building etc