Yes, it certainly does!

The new guy (aka Forrest Gump mentioned in the rant thread) is working out so far. Trying to find time to train him is a problem as I'm constantly putting out fires. He will be taking over a lot of other coworker's workload eventually. His first three days were when other coworker was gone. Every time I sit down with new guy, phone rings with issues I have to deal with. I spend a lot of time on the phone these days as it's easier to explain all the tariff stuff verbally. 20 minutes on the phone can save days of back and forth emails. I'm not some broken Gen Z who has crippling phone anxiety and loses it at the mere thought of a phone call. I always follow up with an email.