Profile Update Class (Tibo)

Your profile has been updated!

Congratulations on your progress. Good luck with the next step! 

Class Notes from today:

write 1 sentence with each vocabulary word from the last 3 lessons
+
Review the pdf
+
Write an email to a job applicant (John Doe) to let him know he was rejected

Write an email to John Smith who asked for a pay raise. His pay raise is denied and will only be considered next year…

Dear John Smith,

Hope this email finds you well

I am afraid to tell you that you pay raise was denied.
We know we have been working in our company for a couple or years and we admit your hard working.
Considering recent economic repression and business performance results we are all experienced a difficult period.

We will seriously consider your pay raise application and continuously review your performance and to see if we could have a good news to you.

Best regards,

Yuki.

Dear Mr. Smith, / Hi John,

I hope this email finds you well

I am afraid to tell you that your pay raise was denied./rejected. / I regret to let you know that your pay raise application was rejected
We know you have been working in our company for a couple of  years and we admit/recognize your hard working. / we are very thankful…
Considering the recent economic recession and business performance results we are all experiencing a difficult period.

(in order to maintain the job of all our employees during this economic downturn we have decided to freeze current salaries … we hope to get your understanding and solidarity …)

We will reconsider your pay raise as soon as the situation gets better / we are looking forward to reviewing the pay raise next year once the market situation is better.. 

Best regards,

Yuki.

Vocabulary

to cook the books (v) :  write fake numbers in your accounting or make them look different than reality
I asked Tom to cook the books to make the company attractive to investors.

fashion (v) make into a particular or the required form / shape
the bottles were fashioned from green glass.
We fashioned the logo of the Olympic Games after sports 

recession (n) period of economic decline 衰退
The tourism industry is experiencing a recession

loophole (n)漏洞
The company found a loophole to pay less taxes

seniority based   : based on how long you have been in the company
a lot of state owned company have a seniority based promotion system.

senior (adj) very advanced/ with seniority
Tom is a senior software engineer

to console (v)安慰
I tried to console my friend after she lost her cat

consolation (n)
he only won a consolation prize in the lucky draw