It even encouraged a certain laziness among the clerical help.
Each member has a staff: one or two professional assistants and clerical help.
Other services, such as word processing and clerical help, can be purchased on an individual basis.
They hired incompetent clerical help, never even came close to recovering most of the money the state owed them.
Budgets for phone calls, copier paper and clerical help have been reduced sharply.
That means increased costs for expensive counseling, office space and clerical help.
The job fair this year was bringing out much more than clerical help.
When things were at their best, she had clerical help and 20 volunteers.
The cuts affect engineers, managers and clerical help, she said.
"We are trying to hire clerical help at the office and it's very difficult," he said.