The chairman ponders the industry epidemic of vanishing sales teams over a pint of Career Break
"You lost any of your sales team recently?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet as we enjoyed a few pints of Career Break at The Vanishing Stalwart. "No more than usual, I should think," replied the chairman. "Call it three or four in the last couple of months - though, now you mention it, I suppose that may be slightly above our average. Why do you ask?" "No major reason," I replied. "It's just I notice one or two really quite senior and longstanding members of Her Majesty's financial services industry's attack troops have of late been handin...
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