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do we have an idea of the company's net worth the company's net worth will change once the
accruals have been

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accounted for and do you know when this will take place the accounting department will add
the

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accruals to the balance sheet next week great this will give us a much better idea about how
the company is doing

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you're right do you know what's next for us yes once we know our net worth the idea

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is to get a business loan and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new
store

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wonderful will it be here in town or in another city we are looking at opening one in new

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york city how exciting henry you showed incredible acumen

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during the meeting with the investors thank you so much yes you really were able to
demonstrate the success we've

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had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our company i'm sure they will

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in fact i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much

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i think you'll be a great addition to our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful and you will be

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getting a sizable raise that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you down

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do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up absolutely
i'll do that right after i've

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finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the moment i've got a sales presentation at
the end of the week

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what's your angle going to be i'm going to tell the client they should do a primarily social media
campaign that's

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a great idea i'm sure they'll go for it yeah i think it's a great plan for their product

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so please don't forget to speak to the head of administration later absolutely i'll let you know
what they

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say thanks so much have a great afternoon you too what do you think of this ad
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design i like it the colors are so vivid thanks i still have to get it authorized by

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upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so sure my last design was rejected

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really did they say why yeah they didn't like my use of color were the colors very similar to
these no

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not at all i had used more muted tones well i think this looks great

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i'm sure you'll get authorization great i hope so otherwise it's back to the drawing board

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i've got to get back to work good luck i have the meeting at the bank today oh

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is that the one for the business loan yes we really need it for opening up the new store

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can we afford the collateral of the loan i think we can business has been great this year do you

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know what the interest is on the loan they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that
seems rather high

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i researched it and that appears to be about average and what are they asking for for

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collateral they said that either inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable

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well we have quite a large stock at the moment so we should be fine

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i am so close to closing the house i'm selling that's amazing did the buyers get

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approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the sale this afternoon is the commission
very large the

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commission on the sale will be so big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's
wonderful where will you be going

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i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

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years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

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good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

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me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

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of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting ahead

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in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea

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yes we could present three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think

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about targeting younger consumers yes they are the ones setting style

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trends all right let's organize the focus group for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of

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the outreach department this afternoon and i'll speak to the design department to see if they
can get the looks ready

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in time great i'm sure we'll beat out the competition this year

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we will have to coordinate closely with the advertising department on this new project

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you're right because if we develop software that can't sell then it's pointless yeah that
happened with

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our last project i know we put so much work into that app for identifying plants

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yes and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one downloaded it so let's talk to
them first and make

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sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for choosing shoes to go with outfits

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should be advertised to the gen z market right and we should tell them to focus on ads

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on tick tock absolutely and they should think about using instagram influencers

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that's a great idea thanks i think we'll finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too

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did you hear the rumors no what are you talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our

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company really what do you think that will mean for our jobs

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well downsizing often happens when two companies merge that is so true i should really work
on

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my resume just in case yeah i'm doing the same thing i heard the job market is tough right

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now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than one skill these days

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i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing sales maybe we
should go to business school to

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add to our skill set have you ever thought about being an entrepreneur yes

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but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an entrepreneur in the video
game industry

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that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur in
cosmetics

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i admire entrepreneurs who break into new industries yeah me too do you have the money to
do

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something like that no but i have a meeting with potential investors next week do you have
products to show them

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already yes i had some prototypes made that's amazing good luck did you hear

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about the sales incentives this year no did they already announce them yes

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one is a trip to mexico wow are there other incentives yes the trip

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is for the first place sales person but there is a prize for second place too what is it

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a gift certificate for a meal at a fancy restaurant that's not as good as a trip but i wouldn't mind
winning that there

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are incentives for other things as well like what being on time every day and

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not missing any days oh i'm late all the time that one's not for me

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did you already send out the invoice for the latest work no which project are you talking about

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the corporate event that we produced on friday no i haven't sent it out yet well we

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really need to go ahead and do that these clients take forever to pay all right

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what is the total amount i should put on the invoice we agreed on thirty thousand dollars but
there are incurred costs

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what were they we needed to hire extra security because they increased the number of
attendees at the

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last minute and what was the cost of that two thousand dollars okay i'll send the

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invoice for thirty two thousand dollars do you know when our building lease runs out

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i'll have to check but i'm pretty sure it runs out in july this year that's soon have you thought

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about renewing it i've done some thinking about it i was thinking we should maybe move the
store

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really why i know we do pretty good business here but i saw a shop up for lease in a very

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trendy part of town do you think we could afford it i do let's go check it out sure when do you

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have time this afternoon great we'll go this afternoon then

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do you think the new project will be a lucrative endeavor i really do i think the market is ready

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for a new sports drink have we decided on how many flavors we will be offering yes just three
for the moment and which

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ones did you choose mango goji berry and green

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green yeah we haven't decided what the flavor for the green drink will be but the color is green
all right have

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you done any market testing yes everyone loves the goji berry and mango flavors

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maybe we should just stick to those two flavors then yeah that's a good idea

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do you think our furniture selection is out of style yes i think the furniture we have for sale

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looks dated we should think about renewing all the merchandise in the stores yeah that's a
large investment though

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you're right but we have to be competitive do you think we should hire new designers to get an
edge in the market

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yes we should hire some young people who have a fresh outlook yeah we could do a
recruitment drive at

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the local art school i think that's a great idea we may have to let some people go

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that will be quite difficult but we need to modernize i'll organize the recruitment drive this

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week can you plan a negotiation with our client sure what needs to be sorted out they

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are very close to hiring us to produce their entire fall line great so we need to negotiate pricing

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exactly i think we can get them to pay us more than last year i'm sure i can make that happen i
think

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you'll do a great job with the contract thanks besides pricing is there anything

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else that needs to be negotiated yes the timeline of production we'll need

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three months all right i'll make sure they understand okay can you set it up for this week yes

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no problem do you think we should consider outsourcing our it support

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well i'm pretty sure our competitor has done exactly that i think outsourcing will lower costs

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i think you're right will you look into a good it support company yes i can do that right after i
make a

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sales call all right let me know how the call goes i will i'm hoping to land this new client

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would the sale be very big oh yeah and the commission is sizable well good luck with that and
let

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me know what you find out about the outsourcing thanks will do if the cost of

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electricity goes up that will definitely affect our overhead we will need to get our overhead
costs

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down somehow i think installing led lights could lower it yes but the cost of installation could

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be high you're right replacing every single light bulb could take some work we should do a cost
analysis to study if

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it's worth it i'll talk to the engineering department that's a good idea we should come up with
some other ways

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to lower overhead yes i've been thinking maybe we could install solar panels

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that's another great thing to look into yeah i think it could save money in the long run

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this is going to be a very busy week you're right we need to choose which clients we will

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prioritize yeah i promised my client that the work would be done on thursday and i told

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mine i would have everything ready today we'll need to work together to get all the paperwork
in order yeah

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i'll be happy to help you tomorrow if you give me a hand today no problem do you think we
should stay
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late today that probably won't be necessary great because i actually have an investors meeting
early

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tomorrow morning i need to prepare for ah do you have the stock portfolio up to

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date to show them yes i've got that already perfect

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where should we hold the stockholders meeting today i was thinking the conference room

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that's a good idea but i think the sales team was going to do a presentation in there maybe the
ceo

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would let us use her office that's a good idea i'll ask her yeah since the meeting will only have
about

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15 people i think we can make it work in there that office has such a nice view

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too that should help distract the stockholders why what do you mean well our numbers

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are a bit down this quarter i'm sure we'll be able to explain the reasons and reassure them

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yeah i'm sure it will go fine do you know how long i've worked here no how long has it been
i've been

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working here for 15 years wow that's incredible i'm surprised you're not the boss by now

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well that's just the problem i feel like i should have been promoted last year and i wasn't well
that's a shame

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what do you plan on doing honestly i'm thinking about quitting that's a big decision to make
yeah i

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would have to look for a new job and update my resume do you know where you'd like to work

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well over the years some headhunters have gotten in touch with me to work at a big tech firm

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i think you should go for it what do you think our ad strategy should be this upcoming year i

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think we should email blast all of our old clients that's a good idea but we have to get new
clients as well

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how about a social media campaign that's a great idea we should come up with some great

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hashtags to promote our brand yeah but we also have to think about older generations

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that's true we could also do a good old-fashioned tv ad absolutely but we need to keep it
within

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our ad budget you're very right a couple of years ago we went way over and the sales
generated didn't

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really justify the expenditure we could do a minimalist ad with very low production

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great idea so will email do a social media campaign and a low budget tv ad exactly

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i'll get the creative department right on it can you supervise the graphic designers

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sure what are they working on a new logo for the company great and when do they need to
submit a first

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draft i told them we were expecting to see something by the first of the month alright and
what else should i know well

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i told them the new logo should look similar to the old one but more modern okay anything
else
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yes that the color palette should include mostly pastels sounds good i'll make sure all of those

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requirements are met thanks so much no problem let me know anything else you need

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an ex-employee of ours is threatening to sue the company really why they say they were
unfairly

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terminated and is it true i would say not they were fired because they leaked

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company data to a competitor wow yeah but we don't have proof so the

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case will probably go into arbitration and do you think the company will pay them any
settlement money

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we're hoping to avoid that but we'll see what happens well i think it's worth paying to keep

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the whole matter out of court you're definitely right i just wish we could prove they leaked the
data

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maybe some evidence will come up before the arbitration we will need to collaborate closely
with

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the creative department on our new project what's the new project we're developing

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new soaps for our bath and beauty line and what will the fragrance be we're thinking about an
autumn themed apple

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scented soap great i'll get the creative department to come up with some clever packaging

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maybe we could get the soap package to look like a leaf that's a great idea thanks can you think
of any other fall

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themed fragrances for soaps how about pumpkin spice scent i love that

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amazing let's get started on developing the soaps do you think this new product will be a

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commercial success i'm not sure we did some focus groups and the results were mixed

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we have gotten a lot of good press that's true the experts think our new smart fridge

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works really well so that's a positive sign absolutely we just don't know if people really feel

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they need a smart fridge we'll just have to do a huge marketing campaign

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what do you have in mind i was thinking about setting up displays in central shopping areas

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and people could interact with the fridge and learn more about it exactly that's a great idea

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we need to streamline the distribution of our products you're right a lot of time is wasted in

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our warehouse yeah we need to revamp the entire system we use in the warehouse

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in fact one of our clients called and said they didn't get their delivery this week you see this is a
huge problem yeah

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i think the problem is also with the shipping company we use yes we need to look into a better

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company who can get the goods out quicker okay i'll get on it great so we need to

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hire someone who can look into our warehouse organization and all research shipping
companies

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all right get back to me if you find a good one will do we need to have a meeting about

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diversifying our company what markets do you think we should diversify into i'm thinking into
the

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health and beauty sector do you think people would be interested in buying health and beauty
products from us

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i don't see why not well we're most well known for selling clothing that's

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true but we're already a recognizable brand that's a good point could you set up a

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meeting with the ceo and shareholders yeah when would you like to have the meeting

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i'm thinking the middle of next week all right i'll set it up i need to work on my spanish
proficiency

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really why well i may be landing a big client in latin america

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wow that's amazing yeah and i'd like to be able to communicate with the client without the
need of an interpreter that

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would be great so much gets lost in translation absolutely i think the company is offering
language

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classes after work really i'd like to take advantage of that what language would you like to

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study i'm thinking about chinese there are loads of business opportunities in china

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that's a great idea yeah good luck with your spanish we need to order a large amount of

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leather what for we are going to be making handbags this season

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do you know where to get the leather no i was hoping you could help me find a wholesale
store
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yeah i can look into that when do you need the materials well the production of the bags
should

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take about two weeks and when are the bags going to be sent to the stores in about a month

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okay i'll try to get the leather next week thank you so much

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no problem i'll get right on it we're almost done with production on our

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new watches that's great do you have the buyers all lined up yes we do and have you thought
about

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what kind of warranty the watches will come with we haven't decided yet what do you think

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i think one year warranty is standard yes and we could offer an extended warranty for a

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cost yeah what do you think would be the price we'd have to talk to the stores to see

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what they think all right i'll have my team do that great let me know what they find out

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will do i've been seeing a lot of new faces in the office lately

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yes we've had a high turnover this year why do you think that is well the

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economy is a bit unsteady so people switch jobs a lot yeah and how does the company deal
with

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training new staff so often it's been a real challenge but we've come up with some innovations

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really like what we have a great interactive training program online so people can train
themselves
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yeah mostly it's been very effective people have been catching on quickly that's great hopefully
turnover will

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slow in the near future i'm sure it will after the economy stabilizes

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what do you think about our company's trademark it looks a bit dated when was it created i
think it's

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from the 80s maybe it's time for a new one yeah do you know if the graphic design

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department is very busy right now well i know they're working hard on the new website design

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oh that's right well after they're done with that maybe we could have a meeting with them
about changing the trademark yeah

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and we'll have to talk to the ceo and stockholders as well that's true we can meet with them
once

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we have a few ideas for the new trademark do you have any opinions about the new
trademark well i definitely like it to

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look more modern same here let's see what we can come up with

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you know i'm getting really sick of our boss same here she can be so mean

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yeah yesterday i told her it was my daughter's birthday and asked if i could go home early i bet

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she said no that's exactly what she said i wonder if we could petition the board of directors

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to get her fired i wish but she has tenure so she's here to stay i guess so

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i'm thinking about looking for a new job wow it would be a shame if you left yeah but
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i feel like my talents aren't being fully appreciated here well then good luck on the job hunt

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i'm thinking about applying for a job at your company that's great it'd be so nice to work

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with you yeah do you know if there are any job benefits yes if you are in a high level position

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you get a company car and what about vacation days everyone typically gets

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two weeks do they give out christmas bonuses usually depending on how well the

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company did that year that all sounds great do you like working there i do but i do end up
working on weekends

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sometimes i wouldn't mind if the salary is high enough the salaries are typically

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very generous are you interested in the sales position i am actually what does it involve you

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have to do a lot of cold calling but the commissions are big and are there sales quotas i would
have

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to meet yes but they are quite reasonable and is there a basic salary along with the
commissions yes but it's rather low

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most of your income would come from commissions it sounds great i have lots of experience in
sales from

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my last job perfect when do you think you could start i could start next week

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next week works for us great see you then do you know when the shipment is

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arriving what shipment are we expecting we should be getting a shipment from overseas of
fine fabrics
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oh yes i spoke with the fabric dealer yesterday and what did they say that there was a

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delay at the port because of bad weather and did they say when we should be expecting the
shipment

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they said hopefully within seven days that's later than we expected yeah do you think this will
delay

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production too much we should be all right we'll focus on other facets of the production

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in the meanwhile great i'm sure the final product will be wonderful

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do you know when the gross income report is due i think it's due on friday there is so

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much bookkeeping to go over are you feeling burnt out yeah i can't

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look at any more excel sheets i know what you mean i've been filling out sales reports all

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day staring at the computer all day is exhausting yeah do you want to take a coffee break

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with me absolutely but let's go somewhere out of the office all right a little coffee shop just

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opened up on the corner let's go okay let me get my things

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i just came from a meeting with the ceo and what did they say that the company's profits were
down

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this year what else did they say that they were considering declaring bankruptcy

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that's terrible what about our jobs they will probably lay off most of the lower level workers

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how awful did they give any hope for the future of the company sort of they said if the
economy improves in the

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next six months we might stay afloat well let's hope for that my livelihood depends on this job
mine

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too i'll be working really hard to save the company same here

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do we have an idea of the company's net worth the company's net worth will change once the
accruals have been accounted

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for and do you know when this will take place the accounting department will add the accruals
to the balance sheet next week

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great this will give us a much better idea about how the company is doing you're right do you
know what's next for

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us yes once we know our net worth the idea is to get a business loan

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and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new store wonderful will it be
here in town or in

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another city we are looking at opening one in new york city how exciting

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henry you showed incredible acumen during the meeting with the investors thank you so much
yes you really were

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able to demonstrate the success we've had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our
company i'm sure they will

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in fact i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much

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i think you'll be a great addition to our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful and you will be

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getting a sizeable raise that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you down

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do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up absolutely
i'll

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do that right after i've finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the moment i've got
a sales presentation at the end

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of the week what's your angle going to be i'm going to tell the client they should do a primarily
social media campaign that's

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a great idea i'm sure they'll go for it yeah i think it's a great plan for their product

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so please don't forget to speak to the head of administration leader absolutely i'll let you know
what they

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say thanks so much have a great afternoon you too what do you think of this ad

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design i like it the colors are so vivid thanks i still have to get it authorized by

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upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so sure my last design was rejected

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really did they say why yeah they didn't like my use of color were the colors very similar to
these no

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not at all i had used more muted tones well i think this looks great i'm sure

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you'll get authorization great i hope so otherwise it's back to the drawing board

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i've got to get back to work good luck i have the meeting at the bank today oh

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is that the one for the business loan yes we really need it for opening up the new store

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can we afford the collateral of the loan i think we can business has been great this year do you

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know what the interest is on the loan they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that
seems rather high

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i researched it and that appears to be about average and what are they asking for for

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collateral they said that either inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable

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well we have quite a large stock at the moment so we should be fine

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i am so close to closing the house i'm selling that's amazing did the buyers get

28:44

approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the sale this afternoon is the commission
very large the

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commission on the sale will be so big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's
wonderful where will you be going

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i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

29:03

years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

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good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

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me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

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of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting ahead

29:26

in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea yes we could
present

29:33
three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think about targeting younger
consumers

29:41

yes they are the ones setting style trends all right let's organize the focus group

29:46

for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of the outreach department this afternoon

29:52

and i'll speak to the design department to see if they can get the looks ready in time great i'm
sure we'll beat out the

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competition this year we will have to coordinate closely with

30:03

the advertising department on this new project you're right because if we develop software
that can't sell

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then it's pointless yeah that happened with our last project i know we put so much work into

30:17

that app for identifying plants yes and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one
downloaded it

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so let's talk to them first and make sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for
choosing

30:31

shoes to go with outfits should be advertised to the gen z market right

30:36

and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about

30:41

using instagram influencers that's a great idea thanks i think we'll

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finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too did you hear the rumors no what are
you

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talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our company really what do you think that will
mean
31:01

for our jobs well downsizing often happens when two companies merge

31:07

that is so true i should really work on my resume just in case yeah i'm doing the same

31:14

thing i heard the job market is tough right now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than

31:20

one skill these days i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing
sales

31:26

maybe we should go to business school to add to our skill set have you ever thought about
being an

31:32

entrepreneur yes but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an

31:39

entrepreneur in the video game industry that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting

31:44

my job and becoming an entrepreneur in cosmetics i admire entrepreneurs who break into

31:49

new industries yeah me too do you have the money to do something like that no but i have a
meeting with potential

31:56

investors next week do you have products to show them already yes i had some prototypes
made

32:01

that's amazing good luck did you hear about the sales incentives this year

32:07

no did they already announce them yes one is a trip to mexico wow

32:14

are there other incentives yes the trip is for the first place sales person but there is a prize for
second place

32:20

too what is it a gift certificate for a meal at a fancy restaurant that's not as good as a trip
32:26

but i wouldn't mind winning that there are incentives for other things as well like what being
on time every day and

32:33

not missing any days oh i'm late all the time that one's not for me

32:40

did you already send out the invoice for the latest work no which project are you talking about

32:46

the corporate event that we produced on friday no i haven't sent it out yet well we

32:52

really need to go ahead and do that these clients take forever to pay all right

32:58

what is the total amount i should put on the invoice we agreed on thirty thousand dollars but
there are incurred costs

33:05

what were they we needed to hire extra security because they increased the number of
attendees at the

33:10

last minute and what was the cost of that two thousand dollars okay i'll send the

33:16

invoice for thirty two thousand dollars do you know when our building lease runs out

33:23

i'll have to check but i'm pretty sure it runs out in july this year that's soon have you thought
about

33:29

renewing it i've done some thinking about it i was thinking we should maybe move the store

33:34

really why i know we do pretty good business here but i saw a shop up for lease in a very

33:40

trendy part of town do you think we could afford it i do let's go check it out sure when do you

33:47

have time this afternoon great we'll go this afternoon then


33:53

do you think the new project will be a lucrative endeavor i really do i think the market is ready

33:58

for a new sports drink have we decided on how many flavors we will be offering yes just three
for the moment and which

34:06

ones did you choose mango goji berry and green

34:12

green yeah we haven't decided what the flavor for the green drink will be but the color is green

34:18

alright have you done any market testing yes everyone loves the goji berry and mango

34:24

flavors maybe we should just stick to those two flavors then yeah that's a good idea do you
think our

34:31

furniture selection is out of style yes i think the furniture we have for sale looks dated

34:38

we should think about renewing all the merchandise in the stores yeah that's a large
investment though

34:43

you're right but we have to be competitive do you think we should hire new designers to get an
edge in the market

34:49

yes we should hire some young people who have a fresh outlook yeah we could do a
recruitment drive at

34:56

the local art school i think that's a great idea we may have to let some people go that will be

35:02

quite difficult but we need to modernize i'll organize the recruitment drive this week

35:09

can you plan a negotiation with our client sure what needs to be sorted out they're

35:14

very close to hiring us to produce their entire fall line great so we need to negotiate pricing
35:21

exactly i think we can get them to pay us more than last year i'm sure i can make that happen i
think

35:28

you'll do a great job with the contract thanks besides pricing is there anything

35:33

else that needs to be negotiated yes the timeline of production will need

35:38

three months all right i'll make sure they understand okay can you set it up for this week yes no

35:45

problem do you think we should consider outsourcing our it support

35:51

well i'm pretty sure our competitor has done exactly that i think outsourcing will lower costs

35:58

i think you're right will you look into a good it support company yes i can do that right after i
make a

36:04

sales call all right let me know how the call goes oh well i'm hoping to land this new client

36:10

would the sale be very big oh yeah and the commission is sizable well good luck with that and

36:16

let me know what you find out about the outsourcing thanks will do if the cost of

36:22

electricity goes up that will definitely affect our overhead we will need to get our overhead
costs

36:28

down somehow i think installing led lights could lower it yes but the cost of installation could

36:34

be high you're right replacing every single light bulb could take some work we

36:40

should do a cost analysis to study if it's worth it i'll talk to the engineering department that's a
good idea
36:46

we should come up with some other ways to lower overhead yes i've been thinking maybe we
could

36:51

install solar panels that's another great thing to look into yeah i think it could save money in
the

36:57

long run this is going to be a very busy week you're right

37:03

we need to choose which clients we will prioritize yeah i promise my client that the work

37:08

would be done on thursday and i told mine i would have everything ready today

37:13

we'll need to work together to get all the paperwork in order yeah i'll be happy to help you
tomorrow if

37:19

you give me a hand today no problem do you think we should stay late today that probably
won't be necessary great

37:27

because i actually have an investors meeting early tomorrow morning i need to prepare for

37:33

ah do you have the stock portfolio up to date to show them yes i've got that already perfect

37:42

where should we hold the stockholders meeting today i was thinking the conference room

37:47

that's a good idea but i think the sales team was going to do a presentation in there maybe the
ceo would let us use her

37:54

office that's a good idea i'll ask her yeah since the meeting will only have about 15 people

38:00

i think we can make it work in there that office has such a nice view too that should help
distract the

38:06
stockholders why what do you mean well our numbers are a bit down this quarter

38:11

i'm sure we'll be able to explain the reasons and reassure them yeah i'm sure it will go fine do
you

38:18

know how long i've worked here no how long has it been i've been working here for 15 years

38:24

wow that's incredible i'm surprised you're not the boss by now well that's just the problem i
feel like

38:31

i should have been promoted last year and i wasn't well that's a shame what do you plan on

38:36

doing honestly i'm thinking about quitting that's a big decision to make

38:42

yeah i would have to look for a new job and update my resume do you know where you'd like
to work

38:48

well over the years some headhunters have gotten in touch with me to work at a big tech firm

38:53

i think you should go for it what do you think our ad strategy should be this upcoming year

39:00

i think we should email blast all of our old clients that's a good idea but we have to get

39:05

new clients as well how about a social media campaign that's a great idea

39:10

we should come up with some great hashtags to promote our brand yeah but we also have to
think about

39:16

older generations that's true we could also do a good old-fashioned tv ad

39:22

absolutely but we need to keep it within our ad budget you're very right a couple of years ago

39:28
we went way over and the sales generated didn't really justify the expenditure

39:33

we could do a minimalist ad with very low production great idea so will email do a social

39:39

media campaign and a low budget tv ad exactly i'll get the creative department right

39:45

on it can you supervise the graphic designers sure what are they working on

39:52

a new logo for the company great and when do they need to submit a first draft

39:57

i told them we were expecting to see something by the first of the month all right and what
else should i know

40:03

well i told them the new logo should look similar to the old one but more modern okay
anything else

40:11

yes that the color palette should include mostly pastels sounds good i'll make sure all of those

40:17

requirements are met thanks so much no problem let me know anything else you need

40:23

an ex-employee of ours is threatening to sue the company really why they say they were
unfairly

40:30

terminated and is it true i would say not they were fired because they leaked

40:36

company data to a competitor wow yeah but we don't have proof so the

40:42

case will probably go into arbitration and do you think the company will pay them any
settlement money

40:48

we're hoping to avoid that but we'll see what happens well i think it's worth paying to keep the

40:54
whole matter out of court you're definitely right i just wish we could prove they leaked the data

40:59

maybe some evidence will come up before the arbitration we will need to collaborate closely
with

41:05

the creative department on our new project what's the new project we're developing

41:10

new soaps for our bath and beauty line and what will the fragrance be we're thinking about an
autumn themed apple

41:17

scented soap great i'll get the creative department to come up with some clever packaging

41:22

maybe we could get the soap package to look like a leaf that's a great idea thanks can you think
of any other fall

41:29

themed fragrances for soaps how about pumpkin spice scent i love that

41:35

amazing let's get started on developing the soaps do you think this new product will be a

41:41

commercial success i'm not sure we did some focus groups and the results were mixed

41:47

we have gotten a lot of good press that's true the experts think our new smart fridge

41:52

works really well so that's a positive sign absolutely we just don't know if people really feel

41:58

they need a smart fridge we'll just have to do a huge marketing campaign

42:03

what do you have in mind i was thinking about setting up displays in central shopping areas

42:09

and people could interact with the fridge and learn more about it exactly that's a great idea

42:16

we need to streamline the distribution of our products you're right a lot of time is wasted in
42:22

our warehouse yeah we need to revamp the entire system we use in the warehouse

42:28

in fact one of our clients called and said they didn't get their delivery this week you see this is a
huge problem yeah

42:36

i think the problem is also with the shipping company we use yes we need to look into a better

42:42

company who can get the goods out quicker okay i'll get on it great so we need to

42:47

hire someone who can look into our warehouse organization and all research shipping
companies

42:53

all right get back to me if you find a good one will do we need to have a meeting about

42:59

diversifying our company what markets do you think we should diversify into i'm thinking into
the

43:05

health and beauty sector do you think people would be interested in buying health and beauty
products from us

43:11

i don't see why not well we're most well known for selling clothing

43:16

that's true but we're already a recognizable brand that's a good point could you set up a

43:22

meeting with the ceo and shareholders yeah when would you like to have the meeting i'm
thinking the middle of next

43:29

week all right i'll set it up i need to work on my spanish proficiency

43:35

really why well i may be landing a big client in latin america wow that's amazing yeah and i'd

43:43

like to be able to communicate with the client without the need of an interpreter that
43:48

would be great so much gets lost in translation absolutely i think the company is offering
language

43:55

classes after work really i'd like to take advantage of that what language would you like to

44:01

study i'm thinking about chinese there are loads of business opportunities in china

44:06

that's a great idea yeah good luck with your spanish we need to order a large amount of

44:13

leather what for we are going to be making handbags this season

44:18

do you know where to get the leather no i was hoping you could help me find a wholesale
store

44:23

yeah i can look into that when do you need the materials well the production of the bags
should

44:29

take about two weeks and when are the bags going to be sent to the stores in about a month

44:35

okay i'll try to get the leather next week thank you so much no problem i'll get

44:41

right on it we're almost done with production on our new watches

44:46

that's great do you have the buyers all lined up yes we do and have you thought about

44:52

what kind of warranty the watches will come with we haven't decided yet what do you think

44:57

i think one year warranty is standard yes and we could offer an extended warranty for a

45:03

cost yeah what do you think would be the price we have to talk to the stores to see

45:09
what they think all right i'll have my team do that great let me know what they find out

45:15

will do i've been seeing a lot of new faces in the office lately

45:21

yes we've had a high turnover this year why do you think that is well the

45:26

economy is a bit unsteady so people switch jobs a lot yeah and how does the company deal
with

45:32

training new staff so often it's been a real challenge but we've come up with some innovations

45:38

really like what we have a great interactive training program online so people can train
themselves yeah

45:45

mostly it's been very effective people have been catching on quickly that's great hopefully
turnover will

45:52

slow in the near future i'm sure it will after the economy stabilizes

45:57

what do you think about our company's trademark it looks a bit dated when was it created i
think it's

46:04

from the 80s maybe it's time for a new one yeah do you know if the graphic design

46:09

department is very busy right now well i know they're working hard on the new website design

46:15

oh that's right well after they're done with that maybe we could have a meeting with them
about changing the trademark

46:21

yeah and we'll have to talk to the ceo and stockholders as well that's true we can meet with
them once

46:27

we have a few ideas for the new trademark do you have any opinions about the new
trademark well i
46:33

definitely like it to look more modern same here let's see what we can come up with you

46:40

know i'm getting really sick of our boss same here she can be so mean yeah

46:47

yesterday i told her it was my daughter's birthday and asked if i could go home early i bet she
said no that's exactly what

46:55

she said i wonder if we could petition the board of directors to get her fired i wish but she has
tenure

47:02

so she's here to stay i guess so i'm thinking about looking for a new job

47:08

wow it would be a shame if you left yeah but i feel like my talents aren't being

47:14

fully appreciated here well then good luck on the job hunt

47:19

i'm thinking about applying for a job at your company that's great it'd be so nice to work

47:25

with you yeah do you know if there are any job benefits yes if you are in a high level position

47:32

you get a company car and what about vacation days everyone typically gets

47:37

two weeks do they give out christmas bonuses usually depending on how well the

47:42

company did that year that all sounds great do you like working there i do but i do end up
working on weekends

47:50

sometimes i wouldn't mind if the salary is high enough the salaries are typically

47:56

very generous are you interested in the sales position i am actually what does it involve you

48:03
have to do a lot of cold calling but the commissions are big and are there sales quotas i would
have

48:09

to meet yes but they are quite reasonable and is there a basic salary along with the
commissions yes but it's rather low

48:17

most of your income would come from commissions it sounds great i have lots of experience in
sales from

48:22

my last job perfect when do you think you could start i could start next week

48:28

next week works for us great see you then do you know when the shipment is

48:34

arriving what shipment are we expecting we should be getting a shipment from overseas of
fine fabrics

48:41

oh yes i spoke with the fabric dealer yesterday and what did they say that there was a

48:46

delay at the port because of bad weather and did they say when we should be expecting the
shipment

48:52

they said hopefully within seven days that's later than we expected yeah do you think this will
delay

48:59

production too much we should be all right we'll focus on other facets of the production in the

49:04

meanwhile great i'm sure the final product will be wonderful

49:10

do you know when the gross income report is due i think it's due on friday there is so

49:16

much bookkeeping to go over are you feeling burnt out yeah i can't

49:21

look at any more excel sheets i know what you mean i've been filling out sales reports
49:26

all day staring at the computer all day is exhausting yeah do you want to take a coffee break

49:33

with me absolutely but let's go somewhere out of the office all right a little coffee shop just

49:39

opened up on the corner let's go okay let me get my things

49:45

i just came from a meeting with the ceo and what did they say that the company's profits were
down

49:51

this year what else did they say that they were considering declaring bankruptcy

49:56

that's terrible what about our jobs they will probably lay off most of the lower level workers

50:03

how awful did they give any hope for the future of the company sort of they said if the
economy improves in the

50:10

next six months we might stay afloat well let's hope for that my livelihood

50:16

depends on this job mine too i'll be working really hard to save the company

50:21

same here do we have an idea of the company's net worth

50:26

the company's net worth will change once the accruals have been accounted for and do you
know when this will take

50:32

place the accounting department will add the accruals to the balance sheet next week

50:37

great this will give us a much better idea about how the company is doing you're right do you
know what's next for

50:44

us yes once we know our net worth the idea is to get a business loan
50:49

and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new store wonderful will it be
here in town or in

50:56

another city we are looking at opening one in new york city how exciting

51:03

henry you showed incredible acumen during the meeting with the investors thank you so much
yes you really were

51:10

able to demonstrate the success we've had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our
company i'm sure they will

51:17

in fact i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much

51:22

i think you'll be a great addition to our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful andy will be

51:27

getting a sizable raise that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you down

51:35

do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up

51:40

absolutely i'll do that right after i've finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the
moment

51:45

i've got a sales presentation at the end of the week what's your angle going to be i'm going to
tell the client

51:51

they should do a primarily social media campaign that's a great idea i'm sure they'll go

51:57

for it yeah i think it's a great plan for their product so please don't forget to speak

52:02

to the head of administration later absolutely i'll let you know what they say thanks so much
have a great

52:08
afternoon you too what do you think of this ad design

52:13

i like it the colors are so vivid thanks i still have to get it authorized by

52:19

upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so sure my last design was rejected

52:25

really did they say why yeah they didn't like my use of color were the colors very similar to
these no

52:33

not at all i had used more muted tones well i think this looks great i'm sure

52:38

you'll get authorization great i hope so otherwise it's back to the drawing board

52:44

i've got to get back to work good luck i have the meeting at the bank today oh

52:50

is that the one for the business loan yes we really need it for opening up the new store

52:55

can we afford the collateral of the loan i think we can business has been great this year do you

53:01

know what the interest is on the loan they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that
seems rather high

53:08

i researched it and that appears to be about average and what are they asking for for

53:14

collateral they said that either inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable

53:19

well we have quite a large stock at the moment so we should be fine

53:25

i am so close to closing the house i'm selling that's amazing did the buyers get

53:30

approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the sale this afternoon is the commission
very large the
53:37

commission on the sale will be so big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's
wonderful where will you be going

53:44

i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

53:50

years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

53:55

good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

54:00

me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

54:06

of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting ahead

54:13

in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea yes we could
present

54:20

three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think about targeting younger
consumers

54:27

yes they are the ones setting style trends all right let's organize the focus group

54:32

for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of the outreach department this afternoon

54:38

and i'll speak to the design department to see if they can get the looks ready in time great i'm
sure we'll beat out the

54:45

competition this year we will have to coordinate closely with

54:50

the advertising department on this new project you're right because if we develop software
that can't sell

54:56
then it's pointless yeah that happened with our last project i know we put so much work into

55:04

that app for identifying plants yes and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one
downloaded it

55:11

so let's talk to them first and make sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for
choosing

55:17

shoes to go with outfits should be advertised to the gen z market right

55:22

and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about

55:28

using instagram influencers that's a great idea thanks i think we'll

55:33

finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too did you hear the

55:38

rumors no what are you talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our company

55:45

really what do you think that will mean for our jobs well downsizing often happens when two

55:52

companies merge that is so true i should really work on my resume

55:57

just in case yeah i'm doing the same thing i heard the job market is tough right

56:02

now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than one skill these days

56:08

i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing sales maybe we
should go to business school to

56:14

add to our skill set have you ever thought about being an entrepreneur yes

56:21
but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an entrepreneur in the video
game industry

56:27

that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur in
cosmetics

56:34

i admire entrepreneurs who break into new industries yeah me too do you have the money to
do

56:39

something like that no but i have a meeting with potential investors next week do you have
products to show them

56:45

already yes i had some prototypes made that's amazing good luck did you hear

56:51

about the sales incentives this year no did they already announce them yes

56:57

one is a trip to mexico wow are there other incentives yes the trip

57:02

is for the first place salesperson but there is a prize for second place too what is it

57:08

a gift certificate for a meal at a fancy restaurant that's not as good as a trip but i wouldn't mind
winning that there

57:14

are incentives for other things as well like what being on time every day and

57:20

not missing any days oh i'm late all the time that one's not for me did you already send out the

57:28

invoice for the latest work no which project are you talking about the corporate event that we
produced on

57:34

friday no i haven't sent it out yet well we really need to go ahead and do that

57:40

these clients take forever to pay all right what is the total amount i should put on
57:45

the invoice we agreed on thirty thousand dollars but there are incurred costs

57:51

what were they we needed to hire extra security because they increased the number of
attendees at the last minute

57:58

and what was the cost of that two thousand dollars okay i'll send the invoice for thirty

58:04

two thousand dollars do you know when our building lease runs out i'll have to check

58:10

but i'm pretty sure it runs out in july this year that's soon have you thought about renewing it

58:16

i've done some thinking about it i was thinking we should maybe move the store really why i
know we do pretty good

58:23

business here but i saw a shop up for lease in a very trendy part of town do you think we could
afford it i do

58:31

let's go check it out sure when do you have time this afternoon

58:36

great we'll go this afternoon then do you think the new project will be a lucrative endeavor

58:42

i really do i think the market is ready for a new sports drink have we decided on how many
flavors we

58:48

will be offering yes just three for the moment and which ones did you choose

58:54

mango goji berry and green green yeah we haven't decided what the

59:01

flavor for the green drink will be but the color is green alright have you done any market testing

59:07

yes everyone loves the goji berry and mango flavors maybe we should just stick to those two
59:13

flavors then yeah that's a good idea do you think our furniture selection is out of style

59:20

yes i think the furniture we have for sale looks dated we should think about renewing all the

59:25

merchandise in the stores yeah that's a large investment though you're right but we have to be

59:31

competitive do you think we should hire new designers to get an edge in the market yes we
should hire some young people who

59:38

have a fresh outlook yeah we could do a recruitment drive at the local art school

59:43

i think that's a great idea we may have to let some people go that will be quite difficult but we
need

59:50

to modernize i'll organize the recruitment drive this week

59:55

can you plan a negotiation with our client sure what needs to be sorted out they

1:00:00

are very close to hiring us to produce their entire fall line great so we need to negotiate pricing

1:00:07

exactly i think we can get them to pay us more than last year i'm sure i can make that happen i
think

1:00:14

you'll do a great job with the contract thanks besides pricing is there anything

1:00:19

else that needs to be negotiated yes the timeline of production we'll need three months

1:00:26

all right i'll make sure they understand okay can you set it up for this week yes no

1:00:31

problem do you think we should consider outsourcing our it support

1:00:37
well i'm pretty sure our competitor has done exactly that i think outsourcing will lower costs

1:00:44

i think you're right will you look into a good it support company yes i can do that right after i
make a

1:00:50

sales call all right let me know how the call goes oh well i'm hoping to land

1:00:56

this new client would the sale be very big oh yeah and the commission is sizable well good

1:01:02

luck with that and let me know what you find out about the outsourcing thanks will do if the
cost of

1:01:09

electricity goes up that will definitely affect our overhead we will need to get our overhead
costs

1:01:14

down somehow i think installing led lights could lower it yes but the cost of installation could

1:01:21

be high you're right replacing every single light bulb could take some work we should do a cost
analysis to study if

1:01:28

it's worth it i'll talk to the engineering department that's a good idea we should come up with
some other ways

1:01:34

to lower overhead yes i've been thinking maybe we could install solar panels

1:01:39

that's another great thing to look into yeah i think it could save money in the long run

1:01:45

this is going to be a very busy week you're right we need to choose which clients we will

1:01:51

prioritize yeah i promised my client that the work would be done on thursday

1:01:56

and i told mine i would have everything ready today we'll need to work together to get all

1:02:01
the paperwork in order yeah i'll be happy to help you tomorrow if you give me a hand today

1:02:07

no problem do you think we should stay late today that probably won't be necessary great

1:02:14

because i actually have an investors meeting early tomorrow morning i need to prepare for

1:02:20

do you have the stock portfolio up to date to show them yes i've got that already perfect

1:02:28

where should we hold the stockholders meeting today i was thinking the conference room
that's a good idea

1:02:34

but i think the sales team was going to do a presentation in there maybe the ceo would let us
use her

1:02:40

office that's a good idea i'll ask her yeah since the meeting will only have about 15 people

1:02:46

i think we can make it work in there that office has such a nice view too that should help
distract the

1:02:52

stockholders why what do you mean well our numbers are a bit down this quarter i'm sure
we'll be able to

1:02:58

explain the reasons and reassure them yeah i'm sure it will go fine

1:03:04

do you know how long i've worked here no how long has it been i've been working here for 15
years wow

1:03:11

that's incredible i'm surprised you're not the boss by now well that's just the problem

1:03:16

i feel like i should have been promoted last year and i wasn't well that's a shame what do you
plan on

1:03:22

doing honestly i'm thinking about quitting that's a big decision to make
1:03:28

yeah i would have to look for a new job and update my resume do you know where you'd like
to work

1:03:34

well over the years some headhunters have gotten in touch with me to work at a big tech firm

1:03:40

i think you should go for it what do you think our ad strategy should be this upcoming year

1:03:46

i think we should email blast all of our old clients that's a good idea but we have to get

1:03:51

new clients as well how about a social media campaign that's a great idea

1:03:56

we should come up with some great hashtags to promote our brand yeah but we also have to
think about

1:04:02

older generations that's true we could also do a good old-fashioned tv ad

1:04:08

absolutely but we need to keep it within our ad budget you're very right a couple of years ago

1:04:14

we went way over and the sales generated didn't really justify the expenditure

1:04:19

we could do a minimalist ad with very low production great idea so will email do a social

1:04:26

media campaign and a low budget tv ad exactly i'll get the creative department

1:04:31

right on it can you supervise the graphic designers sure what are they working on

1:04:38

a new logo for the company great and when do they need to submit a first draft

1:04:43

i told them we were expecting to see something by the first of the month all right and what
else should i know

1:04:49
well i told them the new logo should look similar to the old one but more modern okay
anything else

1:04:57

yes that the color palette should include mostly pastels sounds good i'll make sure all of those

1:05:03

requirements are met thanks so much no problem let me know anything else you need an ex-
employee of ours is

1:05:11

threatening to sue the company really why they say they were unfairly

1:05:16

terminated and is it true i would say not they were fired because they leaked

1:05:22

company data to a competitor wow yeah but we don't have proof so the

1:05:28

case will probably go into arbitration and do you think the company will pay them any
settlement money

1:05:34

we're hoping to avoid that but we'll see what happens well i think it's worth paying to keep

1:05:40

the whole matter out of court you're definitely right i just wish we could prove they leaked the
data

1:05:46

maybe some evidence will come up before the arbitration we will need to collaborate closely
with

1:05:52

the creative department on our new project what's the new project we're developing

1:05:57

new soaps for our bath and beauty line and what will the fragrance be we're thinking about an
autumn themed apple

1:06:03

scented soap great i'll get the creative department to come up with some clever packaging

1:06:09

maybe we could get the soap package to look like a leaf that's a great idea thanks can you think
of any other fall
1:06:16

themed fragrances for soaps how about pumpkin spice scent i love that

1:06:21

amazing let's get started on developing the soaps do you think this new product will be a

1:06:27

commercial success i'm not sure we did some focus groups and the results were mixed

1:06:33

we have gotten a lot of good press that's true the experts think our new smart fridge

1:06:38

works really well so that's a positive sign absolutely we just don't know if people really feel

1:06:44

they need a smart fridge we'll just have to do a huge marketing campaign

1:06:50

what do you have in mind i was thinking about setting up displays in central shopping areas

1:06:55

and people could interact with the fridge and learn more about it exactly that's a great idea

1:07:03

we need to streamline the distribution of our products you're right a lot of time is wasted in

1:07:09

our warehouse yeah we need to revamp the entire system we use in the warehouse

1:07:15

in fact one of our clients called and said they didn't get their delivery this week you see this is a
huge problem yeah

1:07:23

i think the problem is also with the shipping company we use yes we need to look into a better

1:07:28

company who can get the goods out quicker okay i'll get on it great so we need to

1:07:34

hire someone who can look into our warehouse organization and all research shipping
companies all

1:07:40

right get back to me if you find a good one will do we need to have a meeting about
1:07:46

diversifying our company what markets do you think we should diversify into i'm thinking into
the

1:07:51

health and beauty sector do you think people would be interested in buying health and beauty
products from us

1:07:57

i don't see why not well we're most well known for selling clothing

1:08:02

that's true but we're already a recognizable brand that's a good point could you set up a

1:08:08

meeting with the ceo and shareholders yeah when would you like to have the meeting i'm
thinking the middle of next

1:08:15

week all right i'll set it up i need to work on my spanish proficiency

1:08:21

really why well i may be landing a big client in latin america

1:08:27

wow that's amazing yeah and i'd like to be able to communicate with the client without the
need of an interpreter that

1:08:34

would be great so much gets lost in translation absolutely i think the company is offering
language

1:08:41

classes after work really i'd like to take advantage of that what language would you like to

1:08:47

study i'm thinking about chinese there are loads of business opportunities in china that's a
great

1:08:53

idea yeah good luck with your spanish we need to order a large amount of leather what for we

1:09:01

are going to be making handbags this season do you know where to get the leather no

1:09:06
i was hoping you could help me find a wholesale store yeah i can look into that when do you

1:09:12

need the materials well the production of the bags should take about two weeks and when are
the bags going to be sent

1:09:18

to the stores in about a month okay i'll try to get the leather next

1:09:23

week thank you so much no problem i'll get right on it

1:09:29

we're almost done with production on our new watches that's great do you have the buyers all

1:09:35

lined up yes we do and have you thought about what kind of warranty the watches will come
with

1:09:41

we haven't decided yet what do you think i think one year warranty is standard

1:09:46

yes and we could offer an extended warranty for a cost yeah what do you think would be the

1:09:53

price we'd have to talk to the stores to see what they think all right i'll have my team do that
great let me

1:10:00

know what they find out will do i've been seeing a lot of new

1:10:05

faces in the office lately yes we've had a high turnover this year

1:10:10

why do you think that is well the economy is a bit unsteady so people switch jobs a lot

1:10:16

yeah and how does the company deal with training new staff so often it's been a real challenge
but

1:10:22

we've come up with some innovations really like what we have a great interactive training
program online

1:10:29
so people can train themselves yeah mostly it's been very effective people have

1:10:34

been catching on quickly that's great hopefully turnover will slow in the near future

1:10:40

i'm sure it will after the economy stabilizes what do you think about our company's trademark

1:10:46

it looks a bit dated when was it created i think it's from the 80s maybe it's

1:10:52

time for a new one yeah do you know if the graphic design department is very busy right now
well

1:10:58

i know they're working hard on the new website design oh that's right well after they're done
with that maybe

1:11:04

we could have a meeting with them about changing the trademark yeah and we'll have to talk
to the ceo

1:11:10

and stockholders as well that's true we can meet with them once we have a few ideas for the
new trademark

1:11:16

do you have any opinions about the new trademark well i definitely like it to look more modern

1:11:22

same here let's see what we can come up with you know i'm getting really sick of our

1:11:28

boss same here she can be so mean yeah yesterday i told her it was my

1:11:35

daughter's birthday and asked if i could go home early i bet she said no

1:11:40

that's exactly what she said i wonder if we could petition the board of directors to get her

1:11:45

fired i wish but she has tenure so she's here to stay i guess so

1:11:52
i'm thinking about looking for a new job wow it would be a shame if you left yeah but

1:11:58

i feel like my talents aren't being fully appreciated here well then good luck on the job hunt

1:12:05

i'm thinking about applying for a job at your company that's great it'd be so nice to work

1:12:12

with you yeah do you know if there are any job benefits yes if you are in a high level position

1:12:18

you get a company car and what about vacation days everyone typically gets two weeks

1:12:24

do they give out christmas bonuses usually depending on how well the company did that year
that all sounds great

1:12:32

do you like working there i do but i do end up working on weekends sometimes i wouldn't
mind if the salary

1:12:39

is high enough the salaries are typically very generous

1:12:44

are you interested in the sales position i am actually what does it involve you have to do a

1:12:50

lot of cold calling but the commissions are big and are there sales quotas i would have to meet

1:12:56

yes but they are quite reasonable and is there a basic salary along with the commissions

1:13:01

yes but it's rather low most of your income would come from commissions it sounds great i
have lots of

1:13:08

experience in sales from my last job perfect when do you think you could start i could start next
week

1:13:14

next week works for us great see you then do you know when the shipment is

1:13:20
arriving what shipment are we expecting we should be getting a shipment from overseas of
fine fabrics

1:13:27

oh yes i spoke with the fabric dealer yesterday and what did they say that there was a

1:13:32

delay at the port because of bad weather and did they say when we should be expecting the
shipment

1:13:38

they said hopefully within seven days that's later than we expected yeah do you think this will
delay

1:13:45

production too much we should be all right we'll focus on other facets of the production in the

1:13:50

meanwhile great i'm sure the final product will be wonderful

1:13:56

do you know when the gross income report is due i think it's due on friday there is so

1:14:02

much bookkeeping to go over are you feeling burnt out yeah i can't

1:14:07

look at any more excel sheets i know what you mean i've been filling out sales reports

1:14:13

all day staring at the computer all day is exhausting yeah do you want to take a coffee break

1:14:19

with me absolutely but let's go somewhere out of the office all right a little coffee shop just

1:14:26

opened up on the corner let's go okay let me get my things

1:14:31

i just came from a meeting with the ceo and what did they say that the company's profits were
down

1:14:37

this year what else did they say that they were considering declaring bankruptcy

1:14:43
that's terrible what about our jobs they will probably lay off most of the lower level workers

1:14:49

how awful did they give any hope for the future of the company sort of they said if the
economy improves in the

1:14:56

next six months we might stay afloat well let's hope for that my livelihood depends on this job
mine

1:15:04

too i'll be working really hard to save the company same here

1:15:10

do we have an idea of the company's net worth the company's net worth will change once the
accruals have been

1:15:15

accounted for and do you know when this will take place the accounting department will add
the accruals to the balance sheet next

1:15:22

week great this will give us a much better idea about how the company is doing

1:15:28

you're right do you know what's next for us yes once we know our net worth the idea

1:15:34

is to get a business loan and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new
store

1:15:40

wonderful will it be here in town or in another city we are looking at opening one in new

1:15:46

york city how exciting henry you showed incredible acumen

1:15:52

during the meeting with the investors thank you so much yes you really were able to
demonstrate the success we've

1:15:58

had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our company i'm sure they will

1:16:03

in fact i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much
1:16:08

i think you'll be a great addition to our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful and you will be

1:16:14

getting a sizable raise that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you

1:16:20

down do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up

1:16:26

absolutely i'll do that right after i've finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the
moment

1:16:32

i've got a sales presentation at the end of the week what's your angle going to be i'm going to
tell the client they should do a

1:16:38

primarily social media campaign that's a great idea i'm sure they'll go for it

1:16:44

yeah i think it's a great plan for their product so please don't forget to speak to the head of
administration later

1:16:50

absolutely i'll let you know what they say thanks so much have a great afternoon

1:16:56

you too what do you think of this ad design i like it the colors are so vivid thanks

1:17:03

i still have to get it authorized by upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so

1:17:09

sure my last design was rejected really did they say why yeah they didn't

1:17:15

like my use of color were the colors very similar to these no not at all i had used more muted
tones

1:17:22

well i think this looks great i'm sure you'll get authorization great i hope so otherwise it's back
to

1:17:29
the drawing board i've got to get back to work good luck i have the meeting at the bank today
oh

1:17:36

is that the one for the business loan yes we really need it for opening up the new store

1:17:42

can we afford the collateral of the loan i think we can business has been great this year do you

1:17:48

know what the interest is on the loan they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that
seems rather high

1:17:55

i researched it and that appears to be about average and what are they asking for for

1:18:00

collateral they said that either inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable

1:18:06

well we have quite a large stock at the moment so we should be fine

1:18:11

i am so close to closing the house i'm selling that's amazing did the buyers get

1:18:16

approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the sale this afternoon is the commission
very large the

1:18:23

commission on the sale will be so big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's
wonderful where will you be going

1:18:30

i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

1:18:36

years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

1:18:41

good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

1:18:47

me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

1:18:52
of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting ahead

1:18:59

in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea yes we could
present

1:19:06

three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think about targeting younger

1:19:12

consumers yes they are the ones setting style trends alright let's organize the focus group

1:19:19

for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of the outreach department this afternoon

1:19:24

and i'll speak to the design department to see if they can get the looks ready in time great i'm
sure we'll beat out the

1:19:31

competition this year we will have to coordinate closely with

1:19:36

the advertising department on this new project you're right because if we develop software
that can't sell

1:19:42

then it's pointless yeah that happened with our last project i know we put so much work into

1:19:50

that app for identifying plants yes and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one
downloaded it

1:19:57

so let's talk to them first and make sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for
choosing

1:20:03

shoes to go with outfits should be advertised to the gen z market right

1:20:09

and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about

1:20:14

using instagram influencers that's a great idea thanks i think we'll


1:20:19

finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too did you hear the

1:20:25

rumors no what are you talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our company really

1:20:33

what do you think that will mean for our jobs well downsizing often happens when two

1:20:38

companies merge that is so true i should really work on my resume

1:20:44

just in case yeah i'm doing the same thing i heard the job market is tough right

1:20:49

now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than one skill these days

1:20:54

i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing sales maybe we
should go to business school to

1:21:01

add to our skill set have you ever thought about being an entrepreneur yes

1:21:07

but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an entrepreneur in the video
game industry

1:21:14

that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur in
cosmetics

1:21:20

i admire entrepreneurs who break into new industries yeah me too do you have the money to
do

1:21:25

something like that no but i have a meeting with potential investors next week do you have
products to show them

1:21:31

already yes i had some prototypes made that's amazing good luck did you hear

1:21:38

about the sales incentives this year no did they already announce them yes
1:21:43

one is a trip to mexico wow are there other incentives yes the trip

1:21:49

is for the first place salesperson but there is a prize for second place too what is it

1:21:54

a gift certificate for a meal at a fancy restaurant that's not as good as a trip but i wouldn't mind
winning that there

1:22:01

are incentives for other things as well like what being on time every day and

1:22:06

not missing any days oh i'm late all the time that one's not for me did you already send out the

1:22:14

invoice for the latest work no which project are you talking about the corporate event that we
produced on

1:22:21

friday no i haven't sent it out yet well we really need to go ahead and do that

1:22:27

these clients take forever to pay all right what is the total amount i should put on

1:22:32

the invoice we agreed on 30 000 but there are incurred costs what were

1:22:38

they we needed to hire extra security because they increased the number of attendees at the
last minute

1:22:44

and what was the cost of that two thousand dollars okay i'll send the invoice for thirty

1:22:50

two thousand dollars do you know when our building lease runs out i'll have to check

1:22:56

but i'm pretty sure it runs out in july this year that's soon have you thought about renewing it

1:23:03

i've done some thinking about it i was thinking we should maybe move the store really why i
know we do pretty good
1:23:09

business here but i saw a shop up for lease in a very trendy part of town do you think we could
afford it i do

1:23:17

let's go check it out sure when do you have time this afternoon

1:23:22

great we'll go this afternoon then do you think the new project will be a lucrative endeavor

1:23:29

i really do i think the market is ready for a new sports drink have we decided on how many
flavors we

1:23:35

will be offering yes just three for the moment and which ones did you choose

1:23:40

mango goji berry and green green yeah we haven't decided what the

1:23:47

flavor for the green drink will be but the color is green all right have you done any market
testing

1:23:54

yes everyone loves the goji berry and mango flavors maybe we should just stick to those two

1:23:59

flavors then yeah that's a good idea do you think our furniture selection is out of style

1:24:06

yes i think the furniture we have for sale looks dated we should think about renewing all the

1:24:12

merchandise in the stores yeah that's a large investment though you're right but we have to be

1:24:17

competitive do you think we should hire new designers to get an edge in the market yes we
should hire some young people who

1:24:24

have a fresh outlook yeah we could do a recruitment drive at the local art school

1:24:30

i think that's a great idea we may have to let some people go that will be quite difficult but we
need
1:24:36

to modernize i'll organize the recruitment drive this week

1:24:41

can you plan a negotiation with our client sure what needs to be sorted out they

1:24:47

are very close to hiring us to produce their entire fall line great so we need to negotiate pricing

1:24:54

exactly i think we can get them to pay us more than last year i'm sure i can make that happen i
think

1:25:00

you'll do a great job with the contract thanks besides pricing is there anything

1:25:05

else that needs to be negotiated yes the timeline of production will need

1:25:11

three months all right i'll make sure they understand okay can you set it up for this week yes no

1:25:18

problem do you think we should consider outsourcing our it support

1:25:23

well i'm pretty sure our competitor has done exactly that i think outsourcing will lower costs

1:25:30

i think you're right will you look into a good it support company yes i can do that right after i
make a

1:25:37

sales call all right let me know how the call goes oh well i'm hoping to land this new client

1:25:43

would the sale be very big oh yeah and the commission is sizable well good luck with that and

1:25:49

let me know what you find out about the outsourcing thanks will do if the cost of

1:25:55

electricity goes up that will definitely affect our overhead we will need to get our overhead
costs

1:26:01
down somehow i think installing led lights could lower it yes but the cost of installation could

1:26:07

be high you're right replacing every single light bulb could take some work we should do a cost
analysis to study if

1:26:14

it's worth it i'll talk to the engineering department that's a good idea we should come up with
some other ways

1:26:20

to lower overhead yes i've been thinking maybe we could install solar panels

1:26:26

that's another great thing to look into yeah i think it could save money in the long run

1:26:32

this is going to be a very busy week you're right we need to choose which clients we will

1:26:37

prioritize yeah i promised my client that the work would be done on thursday

1:26:42

and i told mine i would have everything ready today we'll need to work together to get all

1:26:48

the paperwork in order yeah i'll be happy to help you tomorrow if you give me a hand today

1:26:54

no problem do you think we should stay late today that probably won't be necessary great

1:27:00

because i actually have an investors meeting early tomorrow morning i need to prepare for

1:27:06

ah do you have the stock portfolio up to date to show them yes i've got that already perfect

1:27:15

where should we hold the stockholders meeting today i was thinking the conference room
that's a good idea but i think the sales

1:27:22

team was going to do a presentation in there maybe the ceo would let us use her office that's a
good idea i'll ask her

1:27:29
yeah since the meeting will only have about 15 people i think we can make it work in there

1:27:35

that office has such a nice view too that should help distract the stockholders why what do you
mean

1:27:41

well our numbers are a bit down this quarter i'm sure we'll be able to explain the reasons

1:27:46

and reassure them yeah i'm sure it will go fine do you know how long i've worked here no

1:27:53

how long has it been i've been working here for 15 years wow that's incredible

1:27:59

i'm surprised you're not the boss by now well that's just the problem i feel like i should have
been promoted

1:28:05

last year and i wasn't well that's a shame what do you plan on doing honestly i'm thinking
about quitting

1:28:12

that's a big decision to make yeah i would have to look for a new job and update my resume

1:28:18

do you know where you'd like to work well over the years some headhunters have gotten in
touch

1:28:24

with me to work at a big tech firm i think you should go for it what do you

1:28:29

think our ad strategy should be this upcoming year i think we should email blast all of our

1:28:34

old clients that's a good idea but we have to get new clients as well how about a social media
campaign that's

1:28:42

a great idea we should come up with some great hashtags to promote our brand

1:28:47

yeah but we also have to think about older generations that's true we could also do a good

1:28:53
old-fashioned tv ad absolutely but we need to keep it within our ad budget

1:28:58

you're very right a couple of years ago we went way over and the sales generated didn't

1:29:04

really justify the expenditure we could do a minimalist ad with very low production great idea

1:29:10

so will email do a social media campaign and a low budget tv ad

1:29:15

exactly i'll get the creative department right on it can you supervise the graphic designers

1:29:22

sure what are they working on a new logo for the company great and when do they need to
submit a first

1:29:29

draft i told them we were expecting to see something by the first of the month all right and
what else should i know

1:29:36

well i told them the new logo should look similar to the old one but more modern

1:29:41

okay anything else yes that the color palette should include mostly pastels

1:29:47

sounds good i'll make sure all of those requirements are met thanks so much no problem let
me know

1:29:53

anything else you need an ex-employee of ours is threatening to sue the company

1:29:59

really why they say they were unfairly terminated and is it true i would say not

1:30:07

they were fired because they leaked company data to a competitor wow yeah but we don't
have proof so the

1:30:14

case will probably go into arbitration and do you think the company will pay them any
settlement money

1:30:21
we're hoping to avoid that but we'll see what happens well i think it's worth paying to keep

1:30:26

the whole matter out of court you're definitely right i just wish we could prove they leaked the
data

1:30:32

maybe some evidence will come up before the arbitration we will need to collaborate closely
with

1:30:38

the creative department on our new project what's the new project we're developing

1:30:43

new soaps for our bath and beauty line and what will the fragrance be we're thinking about an
autumn themed apple

1:30:50

scented soap great i'll get the creative department to come up with some clever packaging

1:30:55

maybe we could get the soap package to look like a leaf that's a great idea thanks can you think
of any other fall

1:31:02

themed fragrances for soaps how about pumpkin spice scent i love that

1:31:07

amazing let's get started on developing the soaps do you think this new product will be a

1:31:13

commercial success i'm not sure we did some focus groups and the results were mixed

1:31:19

we have gotten a lot of good press that's true the experts think our new smart fridge

1:31:24

works really well so that's a positive sign absolutely we just don't know if people really feel

1:31:31

they need a smart fridge we'll just have to do a huge marketing campaign

1:31:36

what do you have in mind i was thinking about setting up displays in central shopping areas

1:31:42
and people could interact with the fridge and learn more about it exactly that's a great idea

1:31:49

we need to streamline the distribution of our products you're right a lot of time is wasted in

1:31:55

our warehouse yeah we need to revamp the entire system we use in the warehouse

1:32:01

in fact one of our clients called and said they didn't get their delivery this week you see this is a
huge problem yeah

1:32:09

i think the problem is also with the shipping company we use yes we need to look into a better

1:32:15

company who can get the goods out quicker okay i'll get on it great so we need to

1:32:20

hire someone who can look into our warehouse organization and all research shipping
companies all

1:32:26

right get back to me if you find a good one will do we need to have a meeting about

1:32:32

diversifying our company what markets do you think we should diversify into i'm thinking into
the

1:32:38

health and beauty sector do you think people would be interested in buying health and beauty
products from us

1:32:43

i don't see why not well we're most well known for selling clothing

1:32:49

that's true but we're already a recognizable brand that's a good point could you set up a

1:32:54

meeting with the ceo and shareholders yeah when would you like to have the meeting i'm
thinking the middle of next

1:33:01

week all right i'll set it up i need to work on my spanish proficiency

1:33:08
really why well i may be landing a big client in latin america

1:33:13

wow that's amazing yeah and i'd like to be able to communicate with the client without the
need of an interpreter that

1:33:21

would be great so much gets lost in translation absolutely i think the company is offering
language

1:33:28

classes after work really i'd like to take advantage of that what language would you like to

1:33:34

study i'm thinking about chinese there are loads of business opportunities in china

1:33:39

that's a great idea yeah good luck with your spanish we need to order a large amount of

1:33:45

leather what for we are going to be making handbags this season

1:33:50

do you know where to get the leather no i was hoping you could help me find a wholesale
store

1:33:56

yeah i can look into that when do you need the materials well the production of the bags
should

1:34:01

take about two weeks and when are the bags going to be sent to the stores in about a month

1:34:07

okay i'll try to get the leather next week thank you so much no problem i'll get

1:34:14

right on it we're almost done with production on our new watches

1:34:19

that's great do you have the buyers all lined up yes we do and have you thought about

1:34:24

what kind of warranty the watches will come with we haven't decided yet what do you think

1:34:30
i think one year warranty is standard yes and we could offer an extended warranty for a

1:34:36

cost yeah what do you think would be the price we'd have to talk to the stores to see

1:34:42

what they think all right i'll have my team do that great let me know what they find out

1:34:48

will do i've been seeing a lot of new faces in the office lately

1:34:53

yes we've had a high turnover this year why do you think that is well the economy is a bit
unsteady so

1:35:01

people switch jobs a lot yeah and how does the company deal with training new staff so often

1:35:07

it's been a real challenge but we've come up with some innovations really like what we have a
great

1:35:13

interactive training program online so people can train themselves yeah mostly

1:35:19

it's been very effective people have been catching on quickly that's great hopefully turnover
will

1:35:24

slow in the near future i'm sure it will after the economy stabilizes

1:35:30

what do you think about our company's trademark it looks a bit dated when was it created i
think it's

1:35:36

from the 80s maybe it's time for a new one yeah do you know if the graphic design

1:35:42

department is very busy right now well i know they're working hard on the new website design

1:35:47

oh that's right well after they're done with that maybe we could have a meeting with them
about changing the trademark

1:35:53
yeah and we'll have to talk to the ceo and stockholders as well that's true we can meet with
them once

1:36:00

we have a few ideas for the new trademark do you have any opinions about the new
trademark well i definitely like it to

1:36:07

look more modern same here let's see what we can come up with

1:36:12

you know i'm getting really sick of our boss same here she can be so mean

1:36:19

yeah yesterday i told her it was my daughter's birthday and asked if i could go home early i bet

1:36:25

she said no that's exactly what she said i wonder if we could petition the board of directors

1:36:31

to get her fired i wish but she has tenure so she's here to stay i guess so

1:36:38

i'm thinking about looking for a new job wow it would be a shame if you left yeah but

1:36:45

i feel like my talents aren't being fully appreciated here well then good luck on the job hunt

1:36:52

i'm thinking about applying for a job at your company that's great it'd be so nice to work

1:36:58

with you yeah do you know if there are any job benefits yes if you are in a high level position

1:37:05

you get a company car and what about vacation days everyone typically gets two weeks

1:37:11

do they give out christmas bonuses usually depending on how well the company did that year
that all sounds great

1:37:18

do you like working there i do but i do end up working on weekends sometimes i wouldn't
mind if the salary

1:37:25
is high enough the salaries are typically very generous

1:37:31

are you interested in the sales position i am actually what does it involve you have to do a

1:37:37

lot of cold calling but the commissions are big and are there sales quotas i would have to meet

1:37:43

yes but they are quite reasonable and is there a basic salary along with the commissions

1:37:48

yes but it's rather low most of your income would come from commissions it sounds great i
have lots of

1:37:54

experience in sales from my last job perfect when do you think you could start i could start next
week

1:38:01

next week works for us great see you then do you know when the shipment is

1:38:06

arriving what shipment are we expecting we should be getting a shipment from overseas of
fine fabrics

1:38:13

oh yes i spoke with the fabric dealer yesterday and what did they say that there was a

1:38:19

delay at the port because of bad weather and did they say when we should be expecting the
shipment

1:38:24

they said hopefully within seven days that's later than we expected yeah do you think this will
delay

1:38:31

production too much we should be all right we'll focus on other facets of the production in the

1:38:37

meanwhile great i'm sure the final product will be wonderful

1:38:42

do you know when the gross income report is due i think it's due on friday there is so

1:38:48
much bookkeeping to go over are you feeling burnt out yeah i can't

1:38:53

look at any more excel sheets i know what you mean i've been filling out sales reports

1:38:59

all day staring at the computer all day is exhausting yeah do you want to take a coffee break

1:39:06

with me absolutely but let's go somewhere out of the office all right a little coffee shop just

1:39:12

opened up on the corner let's go okay let me get my things

1:39:18

i just came from a meeting with the ceo and what did they say that the company's profits were
down

1:39:24

this year what else did they say that they were considering declaring bankruptcy

1:39:29

that's terrible what about our jobs they will probably lay off most of the lower level workers

1:39:36

how awful did they give any hope for the future of the company sort of they said if the
economy improves in the

1:39:43

next six months we might stay afloat well let's hope for that my livelihood depends on this job
mine

1:39:50

too i'll be working really hard to save the company same here

1:39:56

do we have an idea of the company's net worth the company's net worth will change once the
accruals have been

1:40:02

accounted for and do you know when this will take place the accounting department will add
the accruals to the balance sheet next

1:40:08

week great this will give us a much better idea about how the company is doing

1:40:14
you're right do you know what's next for us yes once we know our net worth the idea

1:40:20

is to get a business loan and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new
store

1:40:26

wonderful will it be here in town or in another city we are looking at opening one in new

1:40:32

york city how exciting henry you showed incredible acumen during the

1:40:38

meeting with the investors thank you so much yes you really were able to demonstrate the
success we've

1:40:44

had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our company i'm sure they will in fact

1:40:50

i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much i think you'll be a great
addition to

1:40:56

our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful and you will be getting a sizable raise

1:41:02

that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you down

1:41:07

do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up

1:41:12

absolutely i'll do that right after i've finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the
moment

1:41:18

i've got a sales presentation at the end of the week what's your angle going to be i'm going to
tell the client they should do a

1:41:25

primarily social media campaign that's a great idea i'm sure they'll go for it

1:41:30

yeah i think it's a great plan for their product so please don't forget to speak to the head of
administration later
1:41:37

absolutely i'll let you know what they say thanks so much have a great afternoon

1:41:42

you too what do you think of this ad design i like it the colors are so vivid thanks

1:41:49

i still have to get it authorized by upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so

1:41:55

sure my last design was rejected really did they say why yeah they didn't

1:42:01

like my use of color were the colors very similar to these no not at all

1:42:06

i had used more muted tones well i think this looks great i'm sure you'll get authorization great

1:42:13

i hope so otherwise it's back to the drawing board i've got to get back to work good luck

1:42:19

i have the meeting at the bank today oh is that the one for the business loan

1:42:25

yes we really need it for opening up the new store can we afford the collateral of the loan

1:42:30

i think we can business has been great this year do you know what the interest is on the loan

1:42:36

they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that seems rather high i researched it and that
appears to be

1:42:43

about average and what are they asking for for collateral they said that either

1:42:49

inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable well we have quite a large stock at the

1:42:54

moment so we should be fine i am so close to closing the house i'm

1:42:59

selling that's amazing did the buyers get approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the
1:43:06

sale this afternoon is the commission very large the commission on the sale will be

1:43:11

so big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's wonderful where will you be going

1:43:17

i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

1:43:22

years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

1:43:28

good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

1:43:33

me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

1:43:38

of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting

1:43:45

ahead in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea

1:43:51

yes we could present three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think

1:43:57

about targeting younger consumers yes they are the ones setting style

1:44:02

trends all right let's organize the focus group for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of

1:44:08

the outreach department this afternoon and i'll speak to the design department to see if they
can get the looks ready

1:44:14

in time great i'm sure we'll beat out the competition this year

1:44:20

we will have to coordinate closely with the advertising department on this new project

1:44:25
you're right because if we develop software that can't sell then it's pointless yeah that
happened

1:44:32

with our last project i know we put so much work into that app

1:44:37

for identifying plants yes and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one downloaded
it

1:44:44

so let's talk to them first and make sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for
choosing

1:44:50

shoes to go with outfits should be advertised to the gen z market right

1:44:55

and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about

1:45:00

using instagram influencers that's a great idea thanks i think we'll

1:45:06

finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too did you hear the

1:45:11

rumors no what are you talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our company

1:45:18

really what do you think that will mean for our jobs well downsizing often happens when two

1:45:25

companies merge that is so true i should really work on my resume

1:45:30

just in case yeah i'm doing the same thing i heard the job market is tough right

1:45:35

now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than one skill these days

1:45:41

i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing sales maybe we
should go to business school to

1:45:47
add to our skill set have you ever thought about being an entrepreneur yes

1:45:54

but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an entrepreneur in the video
game industry

1:46:00

that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur in
cosmetics i admire

1:46:07

entrepreneurs who break into new industries yeah me too do you have the money to do
something like that

1:46:13

no but i have a meeting with potential investors next week do you have products to show them
already yes i had some prototypes made

1:46:20

that's amazing good luck did you hear about the sales incentives this year

1:46:26

no did they already announce them yes one is a trip to mexico wow

1:46:33

are there other incentives yes the trip is for the first place salesperson but there is a prize for
second place

1:46:39

too what is it a gift certificate for a meal at a fancy restaurant that's not as good as a trip but i

1:46:45

wouldn't mind winning that there are incentives for other things as well like what being on
time every day and

1:46:52

not missing any days oh i'm late all the time that one's not for me

1:46:59

did you already send out the invoice for the latest work no which project are you talking about

1:47:05

the corporate event that we produced on friday no i haven't sent it out yet well we

1:47:11

really need to go ahead and do that these clients take forever to pay all right
1:47:16

what is the total amount i should put on the invoice we agreed on thirty thousand dollars but
there

1:47:22

are incurred costs what were they we needed to hire extra security because

1:47:27

they increased the number of attendees at the last minute and what was the cost of that two

1:47:33

thousand dollars okay i'll send the invoice for 32 000

1:47:39

do you know when our building lease runs out i'll have to check but i'm pretty sure it runs out
in july this year

1:47:46

that's soon have you thought about renewing it i've done some thinking about it i was

1:47:51

thinking we should maybe move the store really why i know we do pretty good business here

1:47:57

but i saw a shop up for lease in a very trendy part of town do you think we could afford it i do

1:48:03

let's go check it out sure when do you have time this afternoon

1:48:09

great we'll go this afternoon then do you think the new project will be a lucrative endeavor

1:48:15

i really do i think the market is ready for a new sports drink have we decided on how many
flavors we

1:48:21

will be offering yes just three for the moment and which ones did you choose

1:48:27

mango goji berry and green green yeah we haven't decided what the

1:48:34

flavor for the green drink will be but the color is green all right have you done any market
testing
1:48:40

yes everyone loves the goji berry and mango flavors maybe we should just stick to those two

1:48:45

flavors then yeah that's a good idea do you think our furniture selection is

1:48:51

out of style yes i think the furniture we have for sale looks dated

1:48:56

we should think about renewing all the merchandise in the stores yeah that's a large
investment though

1:49:02

you're right but we have to be competitive do you think we should hire new designers to get an
edge in the market

1:49:08

yes we should hire some young people who have a fresh outlook yeah we could do a
recruitment drive at

1:49:14

the local art school i think that's a great idea we may have to let some people go

1:49:20

that will be quite difficult but we need to modernize i'll organize the recruitment drive this

1:49:26

week can you plan a negotiation with our client sure what needs to be sorted out they

1:49:33

are very close to hiring us to produce their entire fall line great so we need to negotiate pricing

1:49:40

exactly i think we can get them to pay us more than last year i'm sure i can make that happen i
think

1:49:47

you'll do a great job with the contract thanks besides pricing is there anything

1:49:52

else that needs to be negotiated yes the timeline of production we'll need three months

1:49:58

all right i'll make sure they understand okay can you set it up for this week yes no
1:50:04

problem do you think we should consider outsourcing our it support

1:50:10

well i'm pretty sure our competitor has done exactly that i think outsourcing will lower costs

1:50:17

i think you're right will you look into a good it support company yes i can do that right after i
make a

1:50:23

sales call all right let me know how the call goes oh well i'm hoping to land this new client

1:50:29

would the sale be very big oh yeah and the commission is sizable well good luck with that and

1:50:35

let me know what you find out about the outsourcing thanks will do if the cost of

1:50:41

electricity goes up that will definitely affect our overhead we will need to get our overhead
costs

1:50:47

down somehow i think installing led lights could lower it yes but the cost of installation could

1:50:53

be high you're right replacing every single light bulb could take some work we should do a cost
analysis to study if

1:51:00

it's worth it i'll talk to the engineering department that's a good idea we should come up with
some other ways

1:51:06

to lower overhead yes i've been thinking maybe we could install solar panels

1:51:12

that's another great thing to look into yeah i think it could save money in the long run

1:51:18

this is going to be a very busy week you're right we need to choose which clients we will

1:51:23

prioritize yeah i promised my client that the work would be done on thursday
1:51:29

and i told mine i would have everything ready today we'll need to work together to get all

1:51:34

the paperwork in order yeah i'll be happy to help you tomorrow if you give me a hand today

1:51:40

no problem do you think we should stay late today that probably won't be necessary great

1:51:46

because i actually have an investors meeting early tomorrow morning i need to prepare for

1:51:52

ah do you have the stock portfolio up to date to show them yes i've got that already perfect

1:52:01

where should we hold the stockholders meeting today i was thinking the conference room
that's a good idea but i think the sales

1:52:08

team was going to do a presentation in there maybe the ceo would let us use her office that's a
good idea i'll ask her

1:52:15

yeah since the meeting will only have about 15 people i think we can make it work in there

1:52:21

that office has such a nice view too that should help distract the stockholders why what do you
mean well our numbers

1:52:28

are a bit down this quarter i'm sure we'll be able to explain the reasons and reassure them

1:52:33

yeah i'm sure it will go fine do you know how long i've worked here

1:52:38

no how long has it been i've been working here for 15 years wow that's

1:52:44

incredible i'm surprised you're not the boss by now well that's just the problem

1:52:49

i feel like i should have been promoted last year and i wasn't well that's a shame what do you
plan on
1:52:55

doing honestly i'm thinking about quitting that's a big decision to make yeah i

1:53:01

would have to look for a new job and update my resume do you know where you'd like to work

1:53:06

well over the years some headhunters have gotten in touch with me to work at a big tech firm

1:53:12

i think you should go for it what do you think our ad strategy should be this upcoming year i
think we should email

1:53:20

blast all of our old clients that's a good idea but we have to get new clients as well how about a
social

1:53:26

media campaign that's a great idea we should come up with some great hashtags to promote
our

1:53:32

brand yeah but we also have to think about older generations that's true we could also do a
good

1:53:39

old-fashioned tv ad absolutely but we need to keep it within our ad budget

1:53:44

you're very right a couple of years ago we went way over and the sales generated didn't

1:53:50

really justify the expenditure we could do a minimalist ad with very low production

1:53:56

great idea so will email do a social media campaign and a low budget tv ad exactly

1:54:03

i'll get the creative department right on it can you supervise the graphic designers

1:54:09

sure what are they working on a new logo for the company great and when do they need to
submit a first

1:54:15
draft i told them we were expecting to see something by the first of the month all right and
what else should i know

1:54:22

well i told them the new logo should look similar to the old one but more modern okay
anything else

1:54:30

yes that the color palette should include mostly pastels sounds good i'll make sure all of those

1:54:36

requirements are met thanks so much no problem let me know anything else you need

1:54:42

an ex-employee of ours is threatening to sue the company really why they say they were
unfairly

1:54:49

terminated and is it true i would say not they were fired because they leaked

1:54:55

company data to a competitor wow yeah but we don't have proof so the

1:55:01

case will probably go into arbitration and do you think the company will pay them any
settlement money

1:55:07

we're hoping to avoid that but we'll see what happens well i think it's worth paying to keep

1:55:12

the whole matter out of court you're definitely right i just wish we could prove they leaked the

1:55:18

data maybe some evidence will come up before the arbitration we will need to collaborate
closely with

1:55:24

the creative department on our new project what's the new project we're developing

1:55:29

new soaps for our bath and beauty line and what will the fragrance be we're thinking about an
autumn themed

1:55:36

apple scented soap great i'll get the creative department to come up with some clever
packaging
1:55:41

maybe we could get the soap package to look like a leaf that's a great idea thanks can you think

1:55:47

of any other fall themed fragrances for soaps how about pumpkin spice scent

1:55:52

i love that amazing let's get started on developing the soaps

1:55:58

do you think this new product will be a commercial success i'm not sure we did some focus
groups

1:56:04

and the results were mixed we have gotten a lot of good press that's true

1:56:09

the experts think our new smart fridge works really well so that's a positive sign absolutely we

1:56:15

just don't know if people really feel they need a smart fridge we'll just have to do a huge
marketing

1:56:21

campaign what do you have in mind i was thinking about setting up displays

1:56:26

in central shopping areas and people could interact with the fridge and learn more about it

1:56:31

exactly that's a great idea we need to streamline the distribution

1:56:37

of our products you're right a lot of time is wasted in our warehouse

1:56:43

yeah we need to revamp the entire system we use in the warehouse in fact one of our clients
called and

1:56:50

said they didn't get their delivery this week you see this is a huge problem yeah i

1:56:56

think the problem is also with the shipping company we use yes we need to look into a better

1:57:01
company who can get the goods out quicker okay i'll get on it great so we need to

1:57:06

hire someone who can look into our warehouse organization and all research shipping
companies

1:57:12

all right get back to me if you find a good one will do we need to have a meeting about

1:57:18

diversifying our company what markets do you think we should diversify into i'm thinking into
the

1:57:24

health and beauty sector do you think people would be interested in buying health and beauty
products from us

1:57:30

i don't see why not well we're most well known for selling clothing

1:57:35

that's true but we're already a recognizable brand that's a good point could you set up a

1:57:41

meeting with the ceo and shareholders yeah when would you like to have the meeting i'm
thinking the middle of next

1:57:48

week all right i'll set it up i need to work on my spanish proficiency

1:57:54

really why well i may be landing a big client in latin america

1:57:59

wow that's amazing yeah and i'd like to be able to communicate with the client without the
need of an interpreter that

1:58:07

would be great so much gets lost in translation absolutely i think the company is offering
language

1:58:14

classes after work really i'd like to take advantage of that what language would you like to

1:58:20

study i'm thinking about chinese there are loads of business opportunities in china
1:58:25

that's a great idea yeah good luck with your spanish we need to order a large amount of

1:58:32

leather what for we are going to be making handbags this season

1:58:37

do you know where to get the leather no i was hoping you could help me find a wholesale
store

1:58:42

yeah i can look into that when do you need the materials well the production of the bags
should

1:58:48

take about two weeks and when are the bags going to be sent to the stores in about a month

1:58:54

okay i'll try to get the leather next week thank you so much no problem i'll get

1:59:00

right on it we're almost done with production on our new watches

1:59:05

that's great do you have the buyers all lined up yes we do and have you thought about

1:59:11

what kind of warranty the watches will come with we haven't decided yet what do you think

1:59:16

i think one year warranty is standard yes and we could offer an extended warranty for a

1:59:22

cost yeah what do you think would be the price we'd have to talk to the stores to see

1:59:28

what they think all right i'll have my team do that great let me know what they find out

1:59:34

will do i've been seeing a lot of new faces in the office lately

1:59:40

yes we've had a high turnover this year why do you think that is well the

1:59:45

economy is a bit unsteady so people switch jobs a lot yeah and how
1:59:50

does the company deal with training new staff so often it's been a real challenge but we've
come up with

1:59:56

some innovations really like what we have a great interactive training program online so people
can train themselves

2:00:04

yeah mostly it's been very effective people have been catching on quickly that's great hopefully
turnover

2:00:10

will slow in the near future i'm sure it will after the economy stabilizes

2:00:16

what do you think about our company's trademark it looks a bit dated when was it created i
think it's

2:00:23

from the 80s maybe it's time for a new one yeah do you know if the graphic design

2:00:28

department is very busy right now well i know they're working hard on the new website design

2:00:34

oh that's right well after they're done with that maybe we could have a meeting with them
about changing the trademark

2:00:40

yeah and we'll have to talk to the ceo and stockholders as well that's true we can meet with
them once

2:00:46

we have a few ideas for the new trademark do you have any opinions about the new
trademark well i definitely like it to

2:00:53

look more modern same here let's see what we can come up with

2:00:58

you know i'm getting really sick of our boss same here she can be so mean

2:01:05

yeah yesterday i told her it was my daughter's birthday and asked if i could go home early i bet

2:01:11
she said no that's exactly what she said i wonder if we could petition the board of directors

2:01:17

to get her fired i wish but she has tenure so she's here

2:01:22

to stay i guess so i'm thinking about looking for a new job

2:01:27

wow it would be a shame if you left yeah but i feel like my talents aren't

2:01:32

being fully appreciated here well then good luck on the job hunt

2:01:38

i'm thinking about applying for a job at your company that's great it'd be so nice to work

2:01:44

with you yeah do you know if there are any job benefits yes if you are in a high level position

2:01:51

you get a company car and what about vacation days everyone typically gets two weeks

2:01:57

do they give out christmas bonuses usually depending on how well the company did that year
that all sounds great

2:02:04

do you like working there i do but i do end up working on weekends sometimes i wouldn't
mind if the salary

2:02:11

is high enough the salaries are typically very generous

2:02:17

are you interested in the sales position i am actually what does it involve you have to do a

2:02:23

lot of cold calling but the commissions are big and are there sales quotas i would have to meet

2:02:29

yes but they are quite reasonable and is there a basic salary along with the commissions

2:02:34

yes but it's rather low most of your income would come from commissions it sounds great i
have lots of
2:02:40

experience in sales from my last job perfect when do you think you could start i could start next
week

2:02:47

next week works for us great see you then do you know when the shipment is

2:02:52

arriving what shipment are we expecting we should be getting a shipment from overseas of
fine fabrics

2:03:00

oh yes i spoke with the fabric dealer yesterday and what did they say that there was a

2:03:05

delay at the port because of bad weather and did they say when we should be expecting the
shipment

2:03:11

they said hopefully within seven days that's later than we expected yeah do you think this will
delay

2:03:18

production too much we should be all right we'll focus on other facets of the production in the

2:03:23

meanwhile great i'm sure the final product will be wonderful

2:03:29

do you know when the gross income report is due i think it's due on friday there is so

2:03:35

much bookkeeping to go over are you feeling burnt out yeah i can't

2:03:40

look at any more excel sheets i know what you mean i've been filling out sales reports all

2:03:46

day staring at the computer all day is exhausting yeah do you want to take a coffee break

2:03:52

with me absolutely but let's go somewhere out of the office all right a little coffee shop just

2:03:58

opened up on the corner let's go okay let me get my things


2:04:04

i just came from a meeting with the ceo and what did they say that the company's profits were
down

2:04:10

this year what else did they say that they were considering declaring bankruptcy

2:04:15

that's terrible what about our jobs they will probably lay off most of the lower level workers

2:04:22

how awful did they give any hope for the future of the company sort of they said if the
economy

2:04:28

improves in the next six months we might stay afloat well let's hope for

2:04:33

that my livelihood depends on this job mine too i'll be working really hard to save the

2:04:39

company same here do we have an idea of the company's net

2:04:44

worth the company's net worth will change once the accruals have been accounted for and do
you know when this will take

2:04:51

place the accounting department will add the accruals to the balance sheet next week

2:04:56

great this will give us a much better idea about how the company is doing you're right do you
know what's next for

2:05:03

us yes once we know our net worth the idea is to get a business loan

2:05:08

and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new store wonderful will it be
here in town or in

2:05:16

another city we are looking at opening one in new york city how exciting

2:05:22
henry you showed incredible acumen during the meeting with the investors thank you so much
yes you really were

2:05:29

able to demonstrate the success we've had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our
company i'm sure they will

2:05:36

in fact i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much

2:05:41

i think you'll be a great addition to our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful and you will be

2:05:46

getting a sizeable raise that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you down

2:05:54

do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up

2:05:59

absolutely i'll do that right after i've finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the
moment

2:06:04

i've got a sales presentation at the end of the week what's your angle going to be i'm going to
tell the client they should do a

2:06:11

primarily social media campaign that's a great idea i'm sure they'll go for it

2:06:17

yeah i think it's a great plan for their product so please don't forget to speak to the head of
administration later

2:06:23

absolutely i'll let you know what they say thanks so much have a great afternoon

2:06:28

you too what do you think of this ad design i like it the colors are so vivid thanks

2:06:36

i still have to get it authorized by upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so

2:06:42

sure my last design was rejected really did they say why yeah they didn't

2:06:47
like my use of color were the colors very similar to these no not at all

2:06:53

i had used more muted tones well i think this looks great i'm sure you'll get authorization great

2:06:59

i hope so otherwise it's back to the drawing board i've got to get back to work good luck

2:07:06

i have the meeting at the bank today oh is that the one for the business loan

2:07:11

yes we really need it for opening up the new store can we afford the collateral of the loan

2:07:17

i think we can business has been great this year do you know what the interest is on the loan

2:07:23

they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that seems rather high i researched it and that
appears to be

2:07:29

about average and what are they asking for for collateral they said that either

2:07:35

inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable well we have quite a large stock at the

2:07:41

moment so we should be fine i am so close to closing the house i'm

2:07:46

selling that's amazing did the buyers get approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the

2:07:52

sale this afternoon is the commission very large the commission on the sale will be so

2:07:57

big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's wonderful where will you be going

2:08:03

i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

2:08:09

years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

2:08:14
good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

2:08:20

me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

2:08:25

of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting

2:08:31

ahead in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea

2:08:37

yes we could present three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think

2:08:43

about targeting younger consumers yes they are the ones setting style

2:08:48

trends alright let's organize the focus group for next month that's fine

2:08:54

i'll speak to the head of the outreach department this afternoon and i'll speak to the design
department

2:08:59

to see if they can get the looks ready in time great i'm sure we'll beat out the competition this
year

2:09:07

we will have to coordinate closely with the advertising department on this new project

2:09:12

you're right because if we develop software that can't sell then it's pointless yeah that
happened

2:09:18

with our last project i know we put so much work into that app

2:09:23

for identifying plants yes and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one downloaded
it

2:09:30

so let's talk to them first and make sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for
choosing
2:09:36

shoes to go with outfits should be advertised to the gen z market right

2:09:41

and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about

2:09:47

using instagram influencers that's a great idea thanks i think we'll

2:09:52

finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too did you hear the

2:09:57

rumors no what are you talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our company

2:10:04

really what do you think that will mean for our jobs well downsizing often happens when two

2:10:11

companies merge that is so true i should really work on my resume

2:10:16

just in case yeah i'm doing the same thing i heard the job market is tough right

2:10:21

now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than one skill these days

2:10:27

i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing sales maybe we
should go to business school to

2:10:33

add to our skill set have you ever thought about being an entrepreneur yes

2:10:40

but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an entrepreneur in the video
game industry

2:10:46

that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur in
cosmetics i admire

2:10:53

entrepreneurs who break into new industries yeah me too do you have the money to do
something like that
2:10:59

no but i have a meeting with potential investors next week do you have products to show them
already yes i had some prototypes made

2:11:07

that's amazing good luck did you hear about the sales incentives this year

2:11:13

no did they already announce them yes one is a trip to mexico wow

2:11:19

are there other incentives yes the trip is for the first place sales person but there is a prize for
second place

2:11:25

too what is it a gift certificate for a meal at a fancy restaurant that's not as good as a trip

2:11:32

but i wouldn't mind winning that there are incentives for other things as well like what being
on time every day and

2:11:39

not missing any days oh i'm late all the time that one's not for me

2:11:45

did you already send out the invoice for the latest work no which project are you talking about

2:11:52

the corporate event that we produced on friday no i haven't sent it out yet well we

2:11:58

really need to go ahead and do that these clients take forever to pay all right

2:12:03

what is the total amount i should put on the invoice we agreed on thirty thousand dollars but
there are incurred costs

2:12:10

what were they we needed to hire extra security because they increased the number of
attendees at the last minute

2:12:17

and what was the cost of that two thousand dollars okay i'll send the invoice for thirty

2:12:23
two thousand dollars do you know when our building lease runs out i'll have to check but i'm
pretty

2:12:30

sure it runs out in july this year that's soon have you thought about renewing it

2:12:35

i've done some thinking about it i was thinking we should maybe move the store really why i
know we do pretty good

2:12:42

business here but i saw a shop up for lease in a very trendy part of town do you think we could
afford it i do

2:12:50

let's go check it out sure when do you have time this afternoon

2:12:55

great we'll go this afternoon then do you think the new project will be a lucrative endeavor

2:13:01

i really do i think the market is ready for a new sports drink have we decided on how many
flavors we

2:13:07

will be offering yes just three for the moment and which ones did you choose

2:13:13

mango goji berry and green green yeah we haven't decided what the

2:13:20

flavor for the green drink will be but the color is green all right have you done any market
testing

2:13:26

yes everyone loves the goji berry and mango flavors maybe we should just stick to those two

2:13:32

flavors then yeah that's a good idea do you think our furniture selection is

2:13:37

out of style yes i think the furniture we have for sale looks dated

2:13:43

we should think about renewing all the merchandise in the stores yeah that's a large
investment though
2:13:49

you're right but we have to be competitive do you think we should hire new designers to get an
edge in the market

2:13:55

yes we should hire some young people who have a fresh outlook yeah we could do a
recruitment drive at

2:14:01

the local art school i think that's a great idea we may have to let some people go

2:14:07

that will be quite difficult but we need to modernize i'll organize the recruitment drive this

2:14:12

week can you plan a negotiation with our client sure what needs to be sorted out they

2:14:19

are very close to hiring us to produce their entire fall line great so we need to negotiate pricing

2:14:27

exactly i think we can get them to pay us more than last year i'm sure i can make that happen i
think

2:14:33

you'll do a great job with the contract thanks besides pricing is there anything

2:14:38

else that needs to be negotiated yes the timeline of production will need

2:14:43

three months all right i'll make sure they understand okay can you set it up for this week yes

2:14:50

no problem do you think we should consider outsourcing our it support

2:14:56

well i'm pretty sure our competitor has done exactly that i think outsourcing will lower costs

2:15:03

i think you're right will you look into a good it support company yes i can do

2:15:08

that right after i make a sales call all right let me know how the call goes i will

2:15:14
i'm hoping to land this new client would the sale be very big oh yeah and the commission is
sizable

2:15:21

well good luck with that and let me know what you find out about the outsourcing thanks will
do if the cost of

2:15:28

electricity goes up that will definitely affect our overhead we will need to get our overhead
costs

2:15:33

down somehow i think installing led lights could lower it yes but the cost of installation could

2:15:40

be high you're right replacing every single light bulb could take some work we should do a cost
analysis to study if

2:15:47

it's worth it i'll talk to the engineering department that's a good idea we should come up with
some other ways

2:15:53

to lower overhead yes i've been thinking maybe we could install solar panels

2:15:58

that's another great thing to look into yeah i think it could save money in the long run

2:16:05

this is going to be a very busy week you're right we need to choose which clients we will

2:16:10

prioritize yeah i promised my client that the work would be done on thursday

2:16:15

and i told mine i would have everything ready today we'll need to work together to get all

2:16:20

the paperwork in order yeah i'll be happy to help you tomorrow if you give me a hand today

2:16:26

no problem do you think we should stay late today that probably won't be necessary great

2:16:33

because i actually have an investors meeting early tomorrow morning i need to prepare for

2:16:38
ah do you have the stock portfolio up to date to show them yes i've got that already perfect

2:16:47

where should we hold the stockholders meeting today i was thinking the conference room
that's a good idea but i think the sales

2:16:55

team was going to do a presentation in there maybe the ceo would let us use her office that's a
good idea i'll ask her

2:17:02

yeah since the meeting will only have about 15 people i think we can make it work in there

2:17:07

that office has such a nice view too that should help distract the stockholders why what do you
mean well

2:17:14

our numbers are a bit down this quarter i'm sure we'll be able to explain the reasons and
reassure them yeah i'm sure it will

2:17:21

go fine do you know how long i've worked here no how long has it been

2:17:27

i've been working here for 15 years wow that's incredible i'm surprised you're not the boss by
now

2:17:34

well that's just the problem i feel like i should have been promoted last year and i wasn't

2:17:39

well that's a shame what do you plan on doing honestly i'm thinking about quitting that's a big

2:17:45

decision to make yeah i would have to look for a new job and update my resume

2:17:51

do you know where you'd like to work well over the years some headhunters have gotten in
touch

2:17:56

with me to work at a big tech firm i think you should go for it what do you

2:18:02

think our ad strategy should be this upcoming year i think we should email blast all of our old
clients
2:18:08

that's a good idea but we have to get new clients as well how about a social media campaign
that's

2:18:14

a great idea we should come up with some great hashtags to promote our brand

2:18:20

yeah but we also have to think about older generations that's true we could also do a good

2:18:25

old-fashioned tv ad absolutely but we need to keep it within our ad budget

2:18:31

you're very right a couple of years ago we went way over and the sales generated didn't

2:18:36

really justify the expenditure we could do a minimalist ad with very low production

2:18:42

great idea so will email do a social media campaign and a low budget tv ad exactly

2:18:49

i'll get the creative department right on it can you supervise the graphic designers

2:18:55

sure what are they working on a new logo for the company great and when do they need to
submit a first

2:19:02

draft i told them we were expecting to see something by the first of the month alright and
what else should i know well

2:19:09

i told them the new logo should look similar to the old one but more modern okay anything
else

2:19:16

yes that the color palette should include mostly pastels sounds good i'll make sure all of those

2:19:22

requirements are met thanks so much no problem let me know anything else you need

2:19:28

an ex-employee of ours is threatening to sue the company really why they say they were
unfairly
2:19:35

terminated and is it true i would say not they were fired because they leaked

2:19:42

company data to a competitor wow yeah but we don't have proof so the

2:19:47

case will probably go into arbitration and do you think the company will pay them any
settlement money

2:19:53

we're hoping to avoid that but we'll see what happens well i think it's worth paying to keep

2:19:59

the whole matter out of court you're definitely right i just wish we could prove they leaked the
data

2:20:05

maybe some evidence will come up before the arbitration we will need to collaborate closely
with

2:20:11

the creative department on our new project what's the new project we're developing

2:20:16

new soaps for our bath and beauty line and what will the fragrance be we're thinking about an
autumn themed

2:20:22

apple scented soap great i'll get the creative department to come up with some clever
packaging

2:20:28

maybe we could get the soap package to look like a leaf that's a great idea thanks can you think

2:20:34

of any other fall themed fragrances for soaps how about pumpkin spice scent

2:20:39

i love that amazing let's get started on developing the soaps

2:20:44

do you think this new product will be a commercial success i'm not sure we did some focus
groups

2:20:50
and the results were mixed we have gotten a lot of good press that's true

2:20:55

the experts think our new smart fridge works really well so that's a positive sign absolutely we

2:21:02

just don't know if people really feel they need a smart fridge we'll just have to do a huge
marketing

2:21:07

campaign what do you have in mind i was thinking about setting up displays in central

2:21:13

shopping areas and people could interact with the fridge and learn more about it exactly that's
a great idea

2:21:22

we need to streamline the distribution of our products you're right a lot of time is wasted in

2:21:28

our warehouse yeah we need to revamp the entire system we use in the warehouse

2:21:34

in fact one of our clients called and said they didn't get their delivery this week you see this is a
huge problem yeah

2:21:42

i think the problem is also with the shipping company we use yes we need to look into a better

2:21:48

company who can get the goods out quicker okay i'll get on it great so we need to

2:21:53

hire someone who can look into our warehouse organization and all research shipping
companies

2:21:59

all right get back to me if you find a good one will do we need to have a meeting about

2:22:05

diversifying our company what markets do you think we should diversify into i'm thinking into
the

2:22:10

health and beauty sector do you think people would be interested in buying health and beauty
products from us
2:22:16

i don't see why not well we're most well known for selling clothing that's true

2:22:22

but we're already a recognizable brand that's a good point could you set up a

2:22:27

meeting with the ceo and shareholders yeah when would you like to have the meeting i'm
thinking the middle of next

2:22:34

week all right i'll set it up i need to work on my spanish proficiency

2:22:40

really why well i may be landing a big client in latin america

2:22:46

wow that's amazing yeah and i'd like to be able to communicate with the client without the
need of an interpreter that

2:22:53

would be great so much gets lost in translation absolutely i think the company is offering
language

2:23:00

classes after work really i'd like to take advantage of that what language would you like to

2:23:06

study i'm thinking about chinese there are loads of business opportunities in china

2:23:12

that's a great idea yeah good luck with your spanish we need to order a large amount of

2:23:18

leather what for we are going to be making handbags this season

2:23:23

do you know where to get the leather no i was hoping you could help me find a wholesale
store

2:23:29

yeah i can look into that when do you need the materials well the production of the bags
should

2:23:34

take about two weeks and when are the bags going to be sent to the stores in about a month
2:23:40

okay i'll try to get the leather next week thank you so much no problem i'll get

2:23:46

right on it we're almost done with production on our new watches

2:23:52

that's great do you have the buyers all lined up yes we do and have you thought about

2:23:57

what kind of warranty the watches will come with we haven't decided yet what do you think

2:24:03

i think one year warranty is standard yes and we could offer an extended warranty for a

2:24:08

cost yeah what do you think would be the price we'd have to talk to the stores to see

2:24:15

what they think all right i'll have my team do that great let me know what they find out

2:24:20

will do i've been seeing a lot of new faces in the office lately

2:24:26

yes we've had a high turnover this year why do you think that is well the

2:24:31

economy is a bit unsteady so people switch jobs a lot yeah and how does the company deal
with

2:24:38

training new staff so often it's been a real challenge but we've come up with some innovations

2:24:44

really like what we have a great interactive training program online so people can train
themselves

2:24:50

yeah mostly it's been very effective people have been catching on quickly that's great hopefully
turnover

2:24:57

will slow in the near future i'm sure it will after the economy stabilizes

2:25:02
what do you think about our company's trademark it looks a bit dated when was it created i
think it's

2:25:09

from the 80s maybe it's time for a new one yeah do you know if the graphic design

2:25:14

department is very busy right now well i know they're working hard on the new website design

2:25:20

oh that's right well after they're done with that maybe we could have a meeting with them
about changing the trademark yeah and we'll

2:25:27

have to talk to the ceo and stockholders as well that's true we can meet with them once

2:25:33

we have a few ideas for the new trademark do you have any opinions about the new
trademark well i definitely like it to

2:25:39

look more modern same here let's see what we can come up with

2:25:45

you know i'm getting really sick of our boss same here she can be so mean

2:25:52

yeah yesterday i told her it was my daughter's birthday and asked if i could go home early i bet

2:25:57

she said no that's exactly what she said i wonder if we could petition the board of directors

2:26:03

to get her fired i wish but she has tenure so she's here

2:26:08

to stay i guess so i'm thinking about looking for a new job

2:26:14

wow it would be a shame if you left yeah but i feel like my talents aren't

2:26:19

being fully appreciated here well then good luck on the job hunt

2:26:24

i'm thinking about applying for a job at your company that's great it'd be so nice to work
2:26:31

with you yeah do you know if there are any job benefits yes if you are in a high level position

2:26:37

you get a company car and what about vacation days everyone typically gets two weeks

2:26:44

do they give out christmas bonuses usually depending on how well the company did that year
that all sounds great

2:26:51

do you like working there i do but i do end up working on weekends sometimes i wouldn't
mind if the salary

2:26:58

is high enough the salaries are typically very generous

2:27:03

are you interested in the sales position i am actually what does it involve you have to do a

2:27:09

lot of cold calling but the commissions are big and are there sales quotas i would have to meet

2:27:15

yes but they are quite reasonable and is there a basic salary along with the commissions

2:27:20

yes but it's rather low most of your income would come from commissions it sounds great i
have lots of

2:27:27

experience in sales from my last job perfect when do you think you could start i could start next
week

2:27:33

next week works for us great see you then do you know when the shipment is

2:27:39

arriving what shipment are we expecting we should be getting a shipment from overseas of
fine fabrics

2:27:46

oh yes i spoke with the fabric dealer yesterday and what did they say that there was a

2:27:51
delay at the port because of bad weather and did they say when we should be expecting the
shipment

2:27:57

they said hopefully within seven days that's later than we expected yeah do you think this will
delay

2:28:04

production too much we should be all right we'll focus on other facets of the production in the

2:28:09

meanwhile great i'm sure the final product will be wonderful

2:28:15

do you know when the gross income report is due i think it's due on friday there is so

2:28:21

much bookkeeping to go over are you feeling burnt out yeah i can't

2:28:26

look at any more excel sheets i know what you mean i've been filling out sales reports all

2:28:32

day staring at the computer all day is exhausting yeah do you want to take a coffee break

2:28:38

with me absolutely but let's go somewhere out of the office all right a little coffee shop just

2:28:45

opened up on the corner let's go okay let me get my things

2:28:50

i just came from a meeting with the ceo and what did they say that the company's profits were
down

2:28:56

this year what else did they say that they were considering declaring bankruptcy

2:29:02

that's terrible what about our jobs they will probably lay off most of the lower level workers

2:29:08

how awful did they give any hope for the future of the company sort of they said if the
economy

2:29:15
improves in the next six months we might stay afloat well let's hope for

2:29:20

that my livelihood depends on this job mine too i'll be working really hard to save the

2:29:25

company same here do we have an idea of the company's net

2:29:31

worth the company's net worth will change once the accruals have been accounted for and do
you know when this

2:29:36

will take place the accounting department will add the accruals to the balance sheet next week

2:29:42

great this will give us a much better idea about how the company is doing you're right do you
know what's next for

2:29:49

us yes once we know our net worth the idea is to get a business loan

2:29:54

and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new store wonderful will it be
here in town or in

2:30:02

another city we are looking at opening one in new york city how exciting

2:30:08

henry you showed incredible acumen during the meeting with the investors thank you so much
yes you really were

2:30:15

able to demonstrate the success we've had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our
company i'm sure they will

2:30:22

in fact i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much

2:30:27

i think you'll be a great addition to our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful and you will be

2:30:33

getting a sizable raise that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you down

2:30:40
do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up absolutely
i'll do that right after i've

2:30:47

finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the moment i've got a sales presentation at
the end of the week

2:30:53

what's your angle going to be i'm going to tell the client they should do a primarily social media
campaign that's

2:31:00

a great idea i'm sure they'll go for it yeah i think it's a great plan for their product

2:31:06

so please don't forget to speak to the head of administration later absolutely i'll let you know
what they

2:31:11

say thanks so much have a great afternoon you too what do you think of this ad

2:31:17

design i like it the colors are so vivid thanks i still have to get it authorized by

2:31:24

upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so sure my last design was rejected

2:31:30

really did they say why yeah they didn't like my use of color were the colors very similar to
these no

2:31:38

not at all i had used more muted tones well i think this looks great

2:31:43

i'm sure you'll get authorization great i hope so otherwise it's back to the drawing board

2:31:49

i've got to get back to work good luck i have the meeting at the bank today oh

2:31:55

is that the one for the business loan yes we really need it for opening up the new store

2:32:01

can we afford the collateral of the loan i think we can business has been great this year do you

2:32:07
know what the interest is on the loan they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that
seems rather high

2:32:14

i researched it and that appears to be about average and what are they asking for for

2:32:19

collateral they said that either inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable

2:32:25

well we have quite a large stock at the moment so we should be fine

2:32:30

i am so close to closing the house i'm selling that's amazing did the buyers get

2:32:35

approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the sale this afternoon is the commission
very large the

2:32:42

commission on the sale will be so big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's
wonderful where will you be going

2:32:49

i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

2:32:55

years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

2:33:00

good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

2:33:06

me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

2:33:11

of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting ahead

2:33:18

in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea

2:33:24

yes we could present three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think

2:33:30
about targeting younger consumers yes they are the ones setting style

2:33:35

trends all right let's organize the focus group for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of

2:33:41

the outreach department this afternoon and i'll speak to the design department to see if they
can get the looks ready

2:33:47

in time great i'm sure we'll beat out the competition this year

2:33:53

we will have to coordinate closely with the advertising department on this new project

2:33:58

you're right because if we develop software that can't sell then it's pointless yeah that
happened with

2:34:05

our last project i know we put so much work into that app for identifying plants yes

2:34:12

and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one downloaded it so let's talk to them
first and make

2:34:18

sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for choosing shoes to go with outfits

2:34:24

should be advertised to the gen z market right and we should tell them to focus on ads

2:34:30

on tick tock absolutely and they should think about using instagram influencers

2:34:35

that's a great idea thanks i think we'll finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too

2:34:43

did you hear the rumors no what are you talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our

2:34:49

company really what do you think that will mean for our jobs

2:34:55
well downsizing often happens when two companies merge that is so true i should really work
on

2:35:02

my resume just in case yeah i'm doing the same thing i heard the job market is tough right

2:35:08

now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than one skill these days

2:35:13

i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing sales maybe we
should go to business school to

2:35:20

add to our skill set have you ever thought about being an entrepreneur yes

2:35:26

but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an entrepreneur in the video
game industry

2:35:33

that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur in
cosmetics

2:35:39

i admire entrepreneurs who break into new industries yeah me too do you have the money to
do

2:35:44

something like that no but i have a meeting with potential investors next week do you have
products to show them

2:35:50

already yes i had some prototypes made that's amazing good luck did you hear

2:35:56

about the sales incentives this year no did they already announce them yes

2:36:02

one is a trip to mexico wow are there other incentives yes the trip

2:36:08

is for the first place sales person but there is a prize for second place too what is it

2:36:13

a gift certificate for a meal at a fancy restaurant that's not as good as a trip but i wouldn't mind
winning that there
2:36:20

are incentives for other things as well like what being on time every day and

2:36:25

not missing any days oh i'm late all the time that one's not for me

2:36:32

did you already send out the invoice for the latest work no which project are you talking about

2:36:38

the corporate event that we produced on friday no i haven't sent it out yet well we

2:36:44

really need to go ahead and do that these clients take forever to pay all right

2:36:49

what is the total amount i should put on the invoice we agreed on thirty thousand dollars but
there are incurred costs

2:36:56

what were they we needed to hire extra security because they increased the number of
attendees at the

2:37:02

last minute and what was the cost of that two thousand dollars okay i'll send the

2:37:08

invoice for thirty two thousand dollars do you know when our building lease runs out

2:37:14

i'll have to check but i'm pretty sure it runs out in july this year that's soon have you thought

2:37:20

about renewing it i've done some thinking about it i was thinking we should maybe move the
store

2:37:26

really why i know we do pretty good business here but i saw a shop up for lease in a very

2:37:32

trendy part of town do you think we could afford it i do let's go check it out sure when do you

2:37:39

have time this afternoon great we'll go this afternoon then

2:37:44
do you think the new project will be a lucrative endeavor i really do i think the market is ready

2:37:50

for a new sports drink have we decided on how many flavors we will be offering yes just three
for the moment and which

2:37:58

ones did you choose mango goji berry and green

2:38:03

green yeah we haven't decided what the flavor for the green drink will be but the color is green
all right have

2:38:10

you done any market testing yes everyone loves the goji berry and mango flavors

2:38:16

maybe we should just stick to those two flavors then yeah that's a good idea

2:38:22

do you think our furniture selection is out of style yes i think the furniture we have for sale

2:38:28

looks dated we should think about renewing all the merchandise in the stores yeah that's a
large investment though

2:38:35

you're right but we have to be competitive do you think we should hire new designers to get an
edge in the market

2:38:41

yes we should hire some young people who have a fresh outlook yeah we could do a
recruitment drive at

2:38:47

the local art school i think that's a great idea we may have to let some people go

2:38:53

that will be quite difficult but we need to modernize i'll organize the recruitment drive this

2:38:58

week can you plan a negotiation with our client sure what needs to be sorted out they

2:39:06

are very close to hiring us to produce their entire fall line great so we need to negotiate pricing

2:39:13
exactly i think we can get them to pay us more than last year i'm sure i can make that happen i
think

2:39:19

you'll do a great job with the contract thanks besides pricing is there anything

2:39:24

else that needs to be negotiated yes the timeline of production will need

2:39:30

three months all right i'll make sure they understand okay can you set it up for this week yes

2:39:36

no problem do you think we should consider outsourcing our it support

2:39:42

well i'm pretty sure our competitor has done exactly that i think outsourcing will lower costs

2:39:49

i think you're right will you look into a good it support company yes i can do that right after i
make a

2:39:56

sales call all right let me know how the call goes oh well i'm hoping to land this new client

2:40:02

would the sale be very big oh yeah and the commission is sizable well good luck with that and
let

2:40:08

me know what you find out about the outsourcing thanks will do if the cost of

2:40:14

electricity goes up that will definitely affect our overhead we will need to get our overhead
costs

2:40:20

down somehow i think installing led lights could lower it yes but the cost of installation could

2:40:26

be high you're right replacing every single light bulb could take some work we should do a cost
analysis to study if

2:40:33

it's worth it i'll talk to the engineering department that's a good idea we should come up with
some other ways
2:40:39

to lower overhead yes i've been thinking maybe we could install solar panels

2:40:45

that's another great thing to look into yeah i think it could save money in the long run

2:40:51

this is going to be a very busy week you're right we need to choose which clients we will

2:40:56

prioritize yeah i promised my client that the work would be done on thursday and i told

2:41:02

mine i would have everything ready today we'll need to work together to get all the paperwork
in order yeah

2:41:09

i'll be happy to help you tomorrow if you give me a hand today no problem do you think we
should stay

2:41:14

late today that probably won't be necessary great because i actually have an investors meeting
early

2:41:21

tomorrow morning i need to prepare for ah do you have the stock portfolio up to

2:41:28

date to show them yes i've got that already perfect

2:41:34

where should we hold the stockholders meeting today i was thinking the conference room

2:41:39

that's a good idea but i think the sales team was going to do a presentation in there maybe the
ceo

2:41:44

would let us use her office that's a good idea i'll ask her yeah since the meeting will only have
about

2:41:50

15 people i think we can make it work in there that office has such a nice view

2:41:55

too that should help distract the stockholders why what do you mean well our numbers
2:42:01

are a bit down this quarter i'm sure we'll be able to explain the reasons and reassure them

2:42:06

yeah i'm sure it will go fine do you know how long i've worked here no how long has it been
i've been

2:42:14

working here for 15 years wow that's incredible i'm surprised you're not the boss by now

2:42:20

well that's just the problem i feel like i should have been promoted last year and i wasn't well
that's a shame

2:42:27

what do you plan on doing honestly i'm thinking about quitting that's a big decision to make
yeah i

2:42:34

would have to look for a new job and update my resume do you know where you'd like to work

2:42:39

well over the years some headhunters have gotten in touch with me to work at a big tech firm

2:42:45

i think you should go for it what do you think our ad strategy should be this upcoming year i

2:42:51

think we should email blast all of our old clients that's a good idea but we have to get new
clients as well

2:42:58

how about a social media campaign that's a great idea we should come up with some great

2:43:03

hashtags to promote our brand yeah but we also have to think about older generations

2:43:09

that's true we could also do a good old-fashioned tv ad absolutely but we need to keep it
within

2:43:16

our ad budget you're very right a couple of years ago we went way over

2:43:21
and the sales generated didn't really justify the expenditure we could do a minimalist ad with
very

2:43:27

low production great idea so will email do a social media campaign

2:43:32

and a low budget tv ad exactly i'll get the creative department right on it

2:43:39

can you supervise the graphic designers sure what are they working on a new logo for the
company great and

2:43:46

when do they need to submit a first draft i told them we were expecting to see something by
the first of the month

2:43:52

alright and what else should i know well i told them the new logo should look similar to the old
one

2:43:59

but more modern okay anything else yes that the color palette should

2:44:04

include mostly pastels sounds good i'll make sure all of those requirements are met

2:44:10

thanks so much no problem let me know anything else you need

2:44:15

an ex-employee of ours is threatening to sue the company really why they say they were
unfairly

2:44:22

terminated and is it true i would say not they were fired because they leaked

2:44:28

company data to a competitor wow yeah but we don't have proof so the

2:44:33

case will probably go into arbitration and do you think the company will pay them any
settlement money

2:44:40

we're hoping to avoid that but we'll see what happens well i think it's worth paying to keep
2:44:45

the whole matter out of court you're definitely right i just wish we could prove they leaked the
data

2:44:51

maybe some evidence will come up before the arbitration we will need to collaborate closely
with

2:44:57

the creative department on our new project what's the new project we're developing

2:45:02

new soaps for our bath and beauty line and what will the fragrance be we're thinking about an
autumn themed apple

2:45:09

scented soap great i'll get the creative department to come up with some clever packaging

2:45:14

maybe we could get the soap package to look like a leaf that's a great idea thanks can you think
of any other fall

2:45:21

themed fragrances for soaps how about pumpkin spice scent i love that

2:45:26

amazing let's get started on developing the soaps do you think this new product will be a

2:45:32

commercial success i'm not sure we did some focus groups and the results were mixed

2:45:38

we have gotten a lot of good press that's true the experts think our new smart fridge

2:45:43

works really well so that's a positive sign absolutely we just don't know if people really feel

2:45:50

they need a smart fridge we'll just have to do a huge marketing campaign

2:45:55

what do you have in mind i was thinking about setting up displays in central shopping areas

2:46:01

and people could interact with the fridge and learn more about it exactly that's a great idea
2:46:08

we need to streamline the distribution of our products you're right a lot of time is wasted in

2:46:14

our warehouse yeah we need to revamp the entire system we use in the warehouse

2:46:20

in fact one of our clients called and said they didn't get their delivery this week you see this is a
huge problem yeah

2:46:28

i think the problem is also with the shipping company we use yes we need to look into a better

2:46:34

company who can get the goods out quicker okay i'll get on it great so we need to

2:46:39

hire someone who can look into our warehouse organization and all research shipping
companies

2:46:45

all right get back to me if you find a good one will do we need to have a meeting about

2:46:51

diversifying our company what markets do you think we should diversify into i'm thinking into
the

2:46:57

health and beauty sector do you think people would be interested in buying health and beauty
products from us

2:47:02

i don't see why not well we're most well known for selling clothing that's

2:47:08

true but we're already a recognizable brand that's a good point could you set up a

2:47:13

meeting with the ceo and shareholders yeah when would you like to have the meeting

2:47:19

i'm thinking the middle of next week all right i'll set it up i need to work on my spanish
proficiency

2:47:27

really why well i may be landing a big client in latin america


2:47:32

wow that's amazing yeah and i'd like to be able to communicate with the client without the
need of an interpreter that

2:47:40

would be great so much gets lost in translation absolutely i think the company is offering
language

2:47:47

classes after work really i'd like to take advantage of that what language would you like to

2:47:52

study i'm thinking about chinese there are loads of business opportunities in china

2:47:58

that's a great idea yeah good luck with your spanish we need to order a large amount of

2:48:04

leather what for we are going to be making handbags this season

2:48:09

do you know where to get the leather no i was hoping you could help me find a wholesale
store

2:48:15

yeah i can look into that when do you need the materials well the production of the bags
should

2:48:20

take about two weeks and when are the bags going to be sent to the stores in about a month

2:48:26

okay i'll try to get the leather next week thank you so much

2:48:31

no problem i'll get right on it we're almost done with production on our

2:48:36

new watches that's great do you have the buyers all lined up yes we do and have you thought
about

2:48:43

what kind of warranty the watches will come with we haven't decided yet what do you think

2:48:49

i think one year warranty is standard yes and we could offer an extended warranty for a
2:48:55

cost yeah what do you think would be the price we'd have to talk to the stores to see

2:49:01

what they think all right i'll have my team do that great let me know what they find out

2:49:07

will do i've been seeing a lot of new faces in the office lately

2:49:12

yes we've had a high turnover this year why do you think that is well the economy is a bit
unsteady so

2:49:20

people switch jobs a lot yeah and how does the company deal with training new staff so often
it's been a

2:49:27

real challenge but we've come up with some innovations really like what we have a great
interactive training program

2:49:33

online so people can train themselves yeah mostly it's been very effective people have

2:49:39

been catching on quickly that's great hopefully turnover will slow in the near future

2:49:45

i'm sure it will after the economy stabilizes what do you think about our company's

2:49:50

trademark it looks a bit dated when was it created i think it's

2:49:55

from the 80s maybe it's time for a new one yeah do you know if the graphic design

2:50:01

department is very busy right now well i know they're working hard on the new website design

2:50:06

oh that's right well after they're done with that maybe we could have a meeting with them
about changing the trademark

2:50:12

yeah and we'll have to talk to the ceo and stockholders as well that's true we can meet with
them once
2:50:19

we have a few ideas for the new trademark do you have any opinions about the new
trademark well i

2:50:25

definitely like it to look more modern same here let's see what we can come up with you

2:50:31

know i'm getting really sick of our boss same here she can be so mean yeah

2:50:38

yesterday i told her it was my daughter's birthday and asked if i could go home early i bet she
said no that's exactly what

2:50:46

she said i wonder if we could petition the board of directors to get her fired i wish but she has
tenure

2:50:54

so she's here to stay i guess so i'm thinking about looking for a new job

2:51:00

wow it would be a shame if you left yeah but i feel like my talents aren't being

2:51:05

fully appreciated here well then good luck on the job hunt

2:51:11

i'm thinking about applying for a job at your company that's great it'd be so nice to work

2:51:17

with you yeah do you know if there are any job benefits yes if you are in a high level position

2:51:24

you get a company car and what about vacation days everyone typically gets

2:51:29

two weeks do they give out christmas bonuses usually depending on how well the

2:51:34

company did that year that all sounds great do you like working there i do but i do end up
working on weekends

2:51:42

sometimes i wouldn't mind if the salary is high enough the salaries are typically
2:51:47

very generous are you interested in the sales position i am actually what does it involve you

2:51:55

have to do a lot of cold calling but the commissions are big and are there sales quotas i would
have

2:52:01

to meet yes but they are quite reasonable and is there a basic salary along with the
commissions yes but it's rather low

2:52:08

most of your income would come from commissions it sounds great i have lots of experience in
sales from

2:52:14

my last job perfect when do you think you could start i could start next week

2:52:20

next week works for us great see you then do you know when the shipment is

2:52:25

arriving what shipment are we expecting we should be getting a shipment from overseas of
fine fabrics

2:52:32

oh yes i spoke with the fabric dealer yesterday and what did they say that there was a

2:52:38

delay at the port because of bad weather and did they say when we should be expecting the
shipment

2:52:43

they said hopefully within seven days that's later than we expected yeah do you think this will
delay

2:52:50

production too much we should be all right we'll focus on other facets of the production

2:52:56

in the meanwhile great i'm sure the final product will be wonderful

2:53:01

do you know when the gross income report is due i think it's due on friday there is so

2:53:07
much bookkeeping to go over are you feeling burnt out yeah i can't

2:53:12

look at any more excel sheets i know what you mean i've been filling out sales reports all

2:53:19

day staring at the computer all day is exhausting yeah do you want to take a coffee break

2:53:25

with me absolutely but let's go somewhere out of the office all right a little coffee shop just

2:53:31

opened up on the corner let's go okay let me get my things

2:53:37

i just came from a meeting with the ceo and what did they say that the company's profits were
down

2:53:42

this year what else did they say that they were considering declaring bankruptcy

2:53:48

that's terrible what about our jobs they will probably lay off most of the lower level workers

2:53:55

how awful did they give any hope for the future of the company sort of they said if the
economy improves in the

2:54:02

next six months we might stay afloat well let's hope for that my livelihood depends on this job
mine

2:54:09

too i'll be working really hard to save the company same here

2:54:15

do we have an idea of the company's net worth the company's net worth will change once the
accruals have been accounted

2:54:21

for and do you know when this will take place the accounting department will add the accruals
to the balance sheet next week

2:54:28

great this will give us a much better idea about how the company is doing you're right do you
know what's next for
2:54:35

us yes once we know our net worth the idea is to get a business loan

2:54:41

and what will we be doing with the money hopefully opening a new store wonderful will it be
here in town or in

2:54:48

another city we are looking at opening one in new york city how exciting

2:54:54

henry you showed incredible acumen during the meeting with the investors thank you so much
yes you really were

2:55:02

able to demonstrate the success we've had this year i hope they will continue to invest in our
company i'm sure they will

2:55:08

in fact i'm going to promote you really that's amazing thank you so much

2:55:14

i think you'll be a great addition to our team upstairs i'm truly so grateful and you will be

2:55:19

getting a sizable raise that's nice to hear well you deserve it i won't let you down

2:55:26

do you mind asking the administration head if we have any future projects lined up absolutely
i'll

2:55:33

do that right after i've finished what i'm doing what are you working on at the moment i've got
a sales presentation at the end

2:55:39

of the week what's your angle going to be i'm going to tell the client they should do a primarily
social media campaign that's

2:55:46

a great idea i'm sure they'll go for it yeah i think it's a great plan for their product

2:55:52

so please don't forget to speak to the head of administration leader absolutely i'll let you know
what they

2:55:58
say thanks so much have a great afternoon you too what do you think of this ad

2:56:04

design i like it the colors are so vivid thanks i still have to get it authorized by

2:56:10

upper management i'm sure they will approve it i'm not so sure my last design was rejected

2:56:17

really did they say why yeah they didn't like my use of color were the colors very similar to
these no

2:56:24

not at all i had used more muted tones well i think this looks great i'm sure

2:56:30

you'll get authorization great i hope so otherwise it's back to the drawing board

2:56:35

i've got to get back to work good luck i have the meeting at the bank today oh

2:56:42

is that the one for the business loan yes we really need it for opening up the new store

2:56:47

can we afford the collateral of the loan i think we can business has been great this year do you

2:56:53

know what the interest is on the loan they told me over the phone that it's around 13 that
seems rather high

2:57:00

i researched it and that appears to be about average and what are they asking for for

2:57:05

collateral they said that either inventory or accounts receivable are acceptable

2:57:11

well we have quite a large stock at the moment so we should be fine

2:57:16

i am so close to closing the house i'm selling that's amazing did the buyers get

2:57:22

approved for their loan yes and i'm hoping to close the sale this afternoon is the commission
very large the
2:57:28

commission on the sale will be so big i'll be able to take a cruise with my family that's
wonderful where will you be going

2:57:36

i'm hoping to take them on a cruise to the bahamas oh we did that with my family a few

2:57:41

years ago it was incredible well wish me luck closing the deal

2:57:47

good luck you deserve that commission thanks if the deal goes through drinks are on

2:57:52

me at happy hour sounds good to me we have to get ahead

2:57:58

of our competitors this season you're right last year they beat us in sales do you have any ideas
for getting ahead

2:58:04

in the market we could do a focus group with consumers that's a great idea yes we could
present

2:58:11

three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think about targeting younger
consumers

2:58:19

yes they are the ones setting style trends all right let's organize the focus group

2:58:24

for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of the outreach department this afternoon

2:58:30

and i'll speak to the design department to see if they can get the looks ready in time great i'm
sure we'll beat out the

2:58:36

competition this year we will have to coordinate closely with

2:58:41

the advertising department on this new project you're right because if we develop software
that can't sell

2:58:48
then it's pointless yeah that happened with our last project i know we put so much work into

2:58:55

that app for identifying plants yes and they didn't market it to the right audience so no one
downloaded it

2:59:03

so let's talk to them first and make sure we are on the same page yes i think this new app for
choosing

2:59:09

shoes to go with outfits should be advertised to the gen z market right

2:59:14

and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about

2:59:19

using instagram influencers that's a great idea thanks i think we'll

2:59:25

finish the app by the end of the week yeah i think so too did you hear the rumors no what are
you

2:59:32

talking about i heard a conglomerate will buy our company really what do you think that will
mean

2:59:39

for our jobs well downsizing often happens when two companies merge

2:59:45

that is so true i should really work on my resume just in case yeah i'm doing the same

2:59:52

thing i heard the job market is tough right now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than

2:59:58

one skill these days i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing
sales

3:00:04

maybe we should go to business school to add to our skill set have you ever thought about
being an

3:00:10

entrepreneur yes but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an
3:00:17

entrepreneur in the video game industry that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting

3:00:22

my job and becoming an entrepreneur in cosmetics i admire entrepreneurs who break into

3:00:27

new industries yeah me too do you have the money to do something like that no but i have a
meeting with potential

3:00:34

investors next week do you have products to show them already yes i had some prototypes
made

3:00:39

that's amazing good luck

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