My firm is tracking our office attendance via badge-swipes and sending automated warnings. It doesn't matter if my billables are through the roof or if I’m working until midnight from home. If my physical badge doesn't click into the lobby by 9:00 AM three days a week, I get an automated email from HR. It is the most patronizing, low-trust environment I’ve ever experienced in my professional life. Are your firms tracking you like inventory?

So I found a new job and tomorrow I am going to put in my two weeks’ notice. I am nervous how everyone will react because I have given no clues that I was looking. My boss always asks me if I am happy with where I am at and I lie and say yes so I am nervous this will come out of left field. I do have anxiety and the thought of letting others down only increases my anxiety. Any advice on how to calm my nerves before tomorrow?

One of our legal assistants has repeatedly complained about me to my boss, and each time my boss has met with me about it. The first complaint was because I made a copy of a document and wrote notes on the copy in pencil. The second was because I wrote a note in pencil on a manila folder. Most recently, she complained because I was unable to have someone served when they did not appear in court to be served. I haven't been in trouble for anything else. What would you do in my situation?

I lost my spark. Any tips on how to get it back? My last job was toxic. After 4 year I quit and they gave me 3 month severance pay to look for a new job. (they were bullying me and didn’t want me to sue.) My 3 months has ended and I’ve only applied to one job. Every time I think about going back to work I feel physically sick in my body. How do I get past this? I want to love being a lawyer again.

Settle it once and for all: In the US, is there any difference between an attorney and a lawyer? Are people who graduate law school (without passing the bar) considered lawyers?