VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Use the phrases we learned today to describe office politics

Vocabulary

gossip (n/v) 八卦 

lay off (v) 裁员
ie. I was laid off last last year.
ie. They laid off 50 employees during Covid.

redundancy (n) 裁员

hire/recruit (v) 招聘
ie. I feel very lucky that I was hired by this company.

tension (n) 张力，紧力
i.e There is a tension between them

rumor (n) 谣言
i.e. He was spreading rumor about his ex-girlfriend on the internet.

divorce(n/v)离婚
i.e I divorced with my wife last year.
i.e If you cheat on me, you will get a divorce.

Office Politics 办公室政治

raise (n)涨薪
i.e. My boss said everyone will have a 5% raise.

The first thing that SPY do was fire the CEO-Z. And SPY announced that he will reorganize the company position.
The first thing that SPY did was to fire the CEO-Z. And SPY announced that he will reorganize the company’s structure.

first, he decided to fire staff.
First, he decided to lay people off.

He will slide 3 times to lay people off.
The redundancy will be done in 3 times. He plans to lay off 10,000 people

He planned on laying off 40% of the staff for the first time, another 40% for the second time, and 20% at last.

the company released an document about redundancy plan. the first page that write they will fire some people that onboard less 6 months.
The company issued a plan on redundancy. the first page wrote that employees who have been in the company for less than 6 months will be laid off first.

we did a project for HRS, we needed to contact the IT and SFE department. they are not friendly. they have bad relationships.
we did a project for HRS and we needed to contact the IT and SFE department. They are known for their bad relationship.

The SFE manager … 2 people
The SFE manager hired 2 people 2 months ago

when the IT manager was passing by SFE office, he asked the SFE M: “do you see the plan on redundancy?” . The SFE M said ” Do you mean my people?
when the IT manager was passing by SFE office, he asked the SFE M: “did you see the redundancy plan?”. The SFE M replied:” You mean people in my department?/Are you referring to people in my department?”

Then, the IT M didn’t say anything and give him a white eye.
The IT M didn’t say anything and rolled his eyes.

The IT M … the SFE M have bad relationships.
The IT M was spreading rumors about SFE M’s private life, saying that he has inappropriate relationship with some female employees.

Even more, he said the SFE M break with his wife.
Even worse, he said that the SFE M divorced with his wife during this period.

Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧

Pronunciation

say
see
said
side

nature – natural