u/Low_Econ2000

I absolutely hate chasing anybody in general and this lawyer I have to chase him to review stuff. He is in meetings and if I send him a message, it’s left on read. He leaves without inquiring if anything is needed and I have no idea if he gone for the day or will be coming back. And when clients messages he asks me why it wasn’t sent out. I am a junior lawyer and hate having to go upto him and being shown passive aggressiveness as well. How can I deal with this? It’s not always like this but it’s often. I don’t know if I expect too much?

I am about 5 months at my job and if I am sitting in the lunchroom and another employee comes, i feel I am the one only trying to make a conversation because it’s awkward sitting there in silence and if I don’t, they just sit there in silence and that’s what happened today. I initiated conversation couple of times and stopped to see if they initiated and they didn’t. We sat there in complete silence for good amount. They will respond nicely but don’t initiate any questions. I understand lunch is a me time( I prefer being on my own) but the silence feels odd. If that’s how it generally is, I won’t try either