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My immediate reaction to this is: AAAAARGHHH!!! YES!!
I have tons of deadlines in my job. Our final product is a written report and there are teams of attorneys sitting there tapping their toes waiting for it. My reports get delayed when I can't get people's statements because one flaky peon decides he's too busy to call me back or he just doesn't feel like it that day. Since these flaky people are a part of the company that chooses the insurance carrier who hired us, I basically have to kiss their ass and can't call them every ten minutes demanding their time because we could lose the account if they get pissed and complain. My reports also get delayed when I have twice as much work as I can handle and I have to prioritize one over the other. Priorities change according to which adjustor or attorney calls and says they need our report asap, so if I haven't done anything on a case I'd better be prepared to explain it. There is a lot of stress because we could lose accounts with our clients if we screw up too bad, or just because they don't like us anymore. Everyone gets pretty anxious when there's money involved. And, guess what? My school habits of leaving writing papers until the last minute is absolutely not helping me here!
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