From commercial assurance and assigned to help on an EBP during the summer. What's the best way to tell the team (if any) "it's not that I'm lazy... It's that I don't care."?

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You don't. Nobody cares that you don't care. Shut up and get your work done.

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EBP?

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Ahh.. Okay and agreed with Pwc 1 - "nobody cares that you don't care.."

Solid advice @pwc# Thanks!

EBP audits are easy just do a good job and help the team get done so everyone can enjoy some time off

EBPs are funny because for a lot of firms they're busy time but then when they actually make you busy, it defeats the purpose. They were used to fill dead time. Now they cause overtime.

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