One of my pet peeves at work is that I have to be careful not to step on my colleagues’ toes, which I’ve done multiple times since it was always all hands on deck, do what you can, at LIB.

SIB is fiercely protective of their requests. Recently I picked up something where they were asking for information on list of tickers that a quick Google could answer and got this reply on Teams:

"I asked her to provide the full names to make sure the search was for the correct firms and to avoid re-dos. It makes me look incompetent to the banker when you work on a request I’ve asked feedback for."

Ok. Never picking up her requests on hold again, even if I can figure it out and complete it. But damn it, I hate that this is a limitation. I always try to do my best and my philosophy is that getting the bankers something is better than no reply at all, but I've had to step back from 5 of the 9 people since they are territorial.

I do understand that getting the right information is important, but if the bankers can't put together a coherent request, it's up to us to interpret it considering we have years of experience, and if we mis-interpret, then we fix it. There are legit reasons to put things on hold, but if Google can give guidance, don't wait, just do it.