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Not every problem needs a lawyer. Some need a fixer.
Twenty-five years inside rooms where careers get made and unmade. I handle the job search, the raise you're afraid to ask for, the email you've drafted six times, and the conflict you don't know how to end.
// Briefing
I'm Chris Pollack. I run The Fixer Desk.
Some problems don't need a lawyer. They need someone who's spent 25 years inside rooms where careers get made and unmade — someone who knows how to say the thing you can't say, to the person you're afraid to say it to.
I've built and run companies — Monoroma, A Penny for Your Thoughts — and spent decades inside high-stakes negotiations, sensitive personnel situations, and rooms where the wrong word costs a deal or a job. That experience is the product now.
If you're the person who solves everyone else's problems and has for your own — that's who this is for.
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// Case Types
What lands on the desk
Job Search & Positioning
You're good at the job. I help you translate that into a resume, a pitch, and an interview answer that actually lands.
Managing Up & Visibility
Being good at your job and being seen as good at it are different skills. I help you close that gap.
Raises, Offers & Exits
Most people leave leverage on the table. I help you find yours, build the ask, and rehearse the room.
The Email You Can't Send
To a boss, a partner, a vendor. Same ask, none of the drama you're bracing for.
Conflict, No Litigation
Leverage, timing, and de-escalation — handled directly, without a lawyer or a scorched-earth exit.
On-Call Advisory
The "what do I do about this" call, before it becomes a bigger problem than it needed to be.
// Terms of Engagement
How it works
- Rate
- $250 / hour, paid in full at booking
- Format
- One-on-one, confidential, by phone or video
- Timeline
- Most cases resolve in 1–3 sessions
- Cancellation
- Within 24 hrs, or no-show: 50% of deposit forfeited
- Confidentiality
- Everything discussed stays in the file
// Field Reports
What clients say
"Before: three weeks of silence, an email I couldn't send. After: ten minutes with Chris, one email, a clean answer."
"Chris rewrote it with me — same ask, none of the drama I was bracing for. It landed exactly how I needed it to."
"He made me see the gap between what I wanted to say to my boss and what she actually needed to hear."
"Not a legal problem — a leverage problem. It's resolved. I didn't have to become someone I'm not to get there."
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// Open a Case
You already know what the problem is.
You just need someone who's handled it before. Book a session — bring the situation, leave with a plan.
Book a Session