So Much Paperwork

Recently accepted an offer at a BB and got the giant paperwork emails today. I've been working for very small businesses for the last 6 years and completely forgot how much paperwork is involved with giant corporations.

Along with the paperwork comes a whole bunch of "corporatey" stuff that I am sure will come flooding back as I make that transition.

Would love to hear from you guys:

If you could get rid of ONE administrative task that you HAVE to do all the time...what would you choose?

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Too scared to rag on compliance - they are always watching..... - so anything to do with retail banking.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

I've lived in a different country for a little bit within the past 10 years. I have to complete an international background check every single time. It's annoying...

 

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