We had been working flat out and were continuing to do so, and at first, having AstraZeneca on board felt like an additional problem rather than a solution. Looking back I realise how negative and unreasonable this sounds. We could not have got anywhere without them, and we all get along very well now. But at the time, when we were already working eighteen-hour days, we were not always happy about our demanding new team member. Especially when it felt like our new team member was actually our new boss. (For a while I changed my WhatsApp bio to ‘working for the man’.)
