At work, dormant deals have been springing back to life. I keep getting calls saying, "Remember that deal we put so much time into months ago, and then the client put it on hold? Well, the client just called and they're anxious to close. When are you due again? A whole month? Great, you'll have time to work on this." Sigh.
Today I had to contact a pro bono client I hadn't heard from in a few months. They plan to apply for IRS recognition of their tax-exempt status, but the last few times we talked I warned them that their application will be complicated and may take a while to complete. Since they hadn't started the process yet, I reminded them I'd be out on maternity leave soon and that they should contact Associate X if they wanted to pursue their application. Their reply? "We'll be sure to get it done before you leave." Um, no. I cannot spend half of my remaining time in the office working on something you didn't bother to think about until now. Besides, if they do manage to get it to me in time, it will mean that they did a half-assed job on their part of the application and it will take me twice as long.
One week until I'm full term. Four (?) weeks until I can walk away and let someone else deal with all this. I'm looking forward to it.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
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