He maintains there is a fine balance between hard work and overwork, because someone putting in long hours does not necessarily equate to meeting targets. In fact, a secretive workaholic could be covering up the fact that he is not coping with his work.
‘This brings me on to a phrase I met with in a very good book of legal anecdotes, ‘finders, minders and grinders’,’ reports Mr Pickup. ‘A partner (the finder) was paid to go to a golf club all afternoon where he, and it usually was a he, could do little harm, get lots of work presumably from other people who were paid to keep out of their offices. A younger solicitor (the grinder) who aspired some day to be a partner would do the work overseen by a more experienced person (the minder) who would make sure the youngster would do the work. We have moved away from that because rates of pay are so low that we all have to work harder. Marketing is now more sophisticated than just going to a golf club for the afternoon.’
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