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Hey Dan. How did the appraisal go? |
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Oh, it was pretty good thanks. |
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Carol, she's my line manager, Carol， |
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seemed to know me better than I knew myself, |
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and she really helped me to identify strengths and weaknesses I didn't know I had. |
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I'd thought we were just going to talk about practical things, |
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like what my prospects are for promotion, |
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rather than my psychology. |
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Do you want a promotion? |
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I thought you'd chosen to go down a grade when you took this job. |
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That's right. I used to manage a sales team. |
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It meant working long hours, |
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and it could be pretty difficult at times, |
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though on the whole I enjoyed the challenge. |
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But it kept me at a distance from customers |
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and I wanted to go back to that. |
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So here I am, a sales rep again. |
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I'd be interested in promotion |
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if it didn't stop me doing the fun parts of the job. |
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How have people reacted to your taking a step down? |
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Most of the people in my last company found it strange, |
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but in fact a couple of them thought about changing to this company too, |
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though it didn't come to anything. |
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These seems to be a rumour going around |
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that I'll be looking for something better soon, |
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but actually I'm pretty happy here. |
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