At the school where I work, August is usually our busiest month of the year. We are typically printing course materials for the fall semester and promotional items for upcoming events. We are preparing the campus with signage and producing business cards for new employees. We print recruiting materials for our admissions office, and we assist our alumni office as they prepare for homecoming week. Our package volumes skyrocket in the campus post office, and outgoing bulk mail surges. This year things were a bit different, as you might imagine. Due to a confluence of changes that were set in motion a year ago, well before COVID-19, my in-plant has found itself struggling to process three times our normal workload with only a third of our staff, leaving me with serious questions about my career choice. But I'll get to that in a moment.
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