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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 yes we could
present
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three different looks for our fall line that's a great idea we should think about targeting younger
consumers
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yes they are the ones setting style trends all right let's organize the focus group
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for next month that's fine i'll speak to the head of the outreach department this afternoon
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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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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
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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
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and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about
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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
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for our jobs well downsizing often happens when two companies merge
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that is so true i should really work on my resume just in case yeah i'm doing the same
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thing i heard the job market is tough right now i think it is it is very valuable to have more than
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one skill these days i only have experience doing accounting and i only have experience doing
sales
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maybe we should go to business school to add to our skill set have you ever thought about
being an
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entrepreneur yes but i don't have the capital to start a business my father was an
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entrepreneur in the video game industry that is so interesting i'm thinking about quitting
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my job and becoming an entrepreneur in cosmetics i admire entrepreneurs who break into
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new industries yeah me too do you have the money to do something like that no but i have a
meeting with potential
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
55:22
and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about
55:28
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
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
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
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
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
1:08:21
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1:20:09
and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about
1:20:14
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1:44:55
and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about
1:45:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
1:56:37
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
1:57:54
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2:09:41
and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about
2:09:47
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
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
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
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
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
2:22:40
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2:59:14
and we should tell them to focus on ads on tick tock absolutely and they should think about
2:59:19
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