Hello, hello is anyone there?

17 April 2020

| By Rollover |

Rollover doffs his cap to all those superannuation industry operatives who have begun working from home, but after three weeks on the home front he is beginning to wonder whether some people are as focussed as others.

Of course, there are those who, when Rollover dials their number, they pick up as promptly as ever but then there are others who, well, the phone just rings and rings.

Now, your correspondent entirely gets that working from home is not easy when parents have to balance their work with managing young children, but he is wondering whether some of his contacts might be catching up on Netflix or having a snooze in the big, red chair.

No names, no pack drill at this stage, but Rollover is keeping a list.

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Rollover is a jaded hack who joined the staff of Super Review nearly two decades’ ago and never managed to summon the energy to leave. Known throughout the superannuation industry as a power-luncher and gossip, Rollover spends his time humouring fund managers, eavesdropping at conferences, dozing through briefings and looking for his next free meal.

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