Any advice on how to get assigned on deals ? I keep reaching out to everyone for work, once I’m done with a deal otherwise I don’t get work for weeks. Is this normal ? I used to be constantly busy in audit but it’s not the case in FDD. I’ve been here for less than a year.

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You came in at a slow time. It used to be back to back deals.

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Ok thanks

Same the partners say it’s not our job to reach out for work and that we just let our staffer know and sit tight. Feels weird I don’t enjoy being off deals every day goes by so slow

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Same feeling here ! But I agree it’s not really our job to reach out for work..

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