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(1). Those useless reports on who does what, how many customers they work with, and so on, and so forth…. The upside: It keeps whole departments of analysts employed. God Bless America (and/or India)!
“So, Jeremy ran the metrics on our regional sales teams. It turns out we have more customers in densely-populated areas than in rural ones. Go figure.”
(1). Having so many things to do, that you end up at the bar around the corner, having done none of them.
alt. death by a thousand paper cuts (for you pencil-pushing office rats out there)
“Dammit, Greg! This project is like death by a thousand cuts! I have so many to-do’s on my list, I don’t even know which one to do first! Arghh!” (window breaking… …thud… …)
(1). When you sit down with a broker one-on-one to go through their book to see if there are any business opportunities … for you.
“So, it was a good trip … attended the weekly office meeting … did a little hand-to-hand combat with some of the advisors … identified one or two opportunities they’re going to think about considering possibly exploring further.”
