Intake
Missed-call responseCandidateForm cleanupCandidateDocument collectionCandidateRequest routingCandidate
The firing list
Work worth firing.
Look for work that comes back on a schedule, follows a recognizable pattern, and makes a smart person feel like a copy machine.
Follow-up
Lead remindersCandidateQuote follow-upCandidateProposal nudgesCandidateAppointment confirmationsCandidate
Operations
Status summariesCandidateHandoff preparationCandidateChecklist creationCandidateRecurring reportsCandidate
Knowledge
SOP draftingCandidateMeeting extractionCandidateInternal answersCandidateCall preparationCandidate
Customer work
Reply preparationCandidateQuestion triageCandidateOnboarding packetsCandidateReview analysisCandidate
Owner work
Decision briefsCandidateInbox triageCandidateWeekly reportingCandidateApproval preparationCandidate
The first-task test
Should this busywork be fired?
You don’t need a perfect score. You need a repeated job with clear examples and a sensible place for a person to check the work.
- 01Repeated often
- 02Painful or expensive
- 03Clear inputs
- 04Consistent output
- 05Safe approval point
What we do not fire
Judgment. Relationships. Responsibility.
A machine can prepare the decision. It doesn’t get to hide behind the word “innovation” when the decision goes wrong.
People keep the sensitive replies, final approvals, strange exceptions, and the work where trust is the whole point.
Your first firing
Know the task you want gone?
Tell us what repeats, who handles it, and what it costs when the work stalls or slips.
Fire My Busywork