VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

mental healthy as well

It is hard to sleep if we have late night meetings
I don’t think this is the best circle for daily life

younger generations they feel the same stressful.
Our job sometimes requires standby so they felt they didn’t have the personal life.
In that case it is hard to maintain them.

They fell stressful and frustrated.

unfortunately only 2 joined.

It is facing the same stressful.

we just onboarded a manager works as head of china am and the guy has 20 y working experience but when he joined our company I had the 1-1 with him and I asked why he chose to come to this company.
Before he was more focused on the job but now he wants to balance work and life.
Experienced people mostly want to balance their life.
Most of the time we want them bring the best practices for us but we didn’t see the successful cases.
some people grow up with the company but they didn’t have any experience in outside markets so their knowledge is limited but when they try to hire outside company employees it is hard to understand our business and it is hard to get them to develop more initiative.

they don’t trust Chinese team so they keep hiring Canadian Chinese but this type of employee is hard to understand the Chinese market. They grow up from Canada and have strong English skills but didn’t really understand the Chinese culture.
We had 4 heads but it didn’t success they already be fired.

when I want to request something they are hard to accept advice or suggestions.
I am trying to use the same logic to persuade them, otherwise they can’t understand.

mental health as well

It is hard to sleep if we have late night meetings
I don’t think this is the best life balance / I don’t think it is sustainable in the long run / I am burning the candle at both ends.

younger generations they feel the same stress.
Our job sometimes requires us to standby so they feel they don’t  have a personal life. / they are always working.
In that case it is hard to keep them.

They fell stressed and frustrated.
Unfortunately only 2 joined.

It is facing the same stress  / he feels stressed as well

we just onboarded a manager as head of China accounts and the guy has 20 y working experience but when he joined our company I had the 1-1 with him and I asked why he chose to come to this company.
Before he was more focused on the job but now he wants to balance work and life. / want to have a better work life balance.

Experienced people mostly want to balance their life.

Most of the time we want them bring the best practices to us but we haven’t seen successful cases.
some people grow/develop with the company but they don’t have any experience in outside markets so their knowledge is limited but when they try to hire people from outside / when we do outside hiring/ when we hire externally it is hard for them to understand our business and it is hard to get them to develop more initiative.

they don’t trust the Chinese team so they keep hiring Canadian Chinese but this type of employee finds it hard to understand the Chinese market. They grew up in Canada and have strong English skills but don’t really understand the Chinese culture.
We had 4 heads but they didn’t succeed they already be fired.

when I want to request something they are reluctant  to accept advice or suggestions.
I am trying to use the same logic to persuade them, otherwise they can’t understand.

Vocabulary

reluctant (adj) 不情愿的
I asked him for something but he was reluctant to say yes

Shanghai stock exchange  (n)A 股:
It was listed in the Shanghai stock exchange 
Chinese company listed in the American stock exchange

equity funds (n) 私募股权基金
we asked some equity funds to invest in the company

investigate (v) 调查
We have to investigate

blue chips  (n)蓝筹股
I just invest in blue chips

internal (adj) : from inside
That is an internal email.

external (adj) : from outside
I use my work phone for all external calls

sustainable (adj)
We decided to invest in sustainable energies.

to sustain (v) 维持
We need to sustain the momentum of our sales growing

burn the candle at both ends : working way too much / working too late at night in a way that is not sustainable
I feel I am burning the candle at both ends right now. I work way too much.

success (n)
He found success after many years

to succeed (v)
She succeeded finally

Pronunciation

unfortunately

Grammar

something is stressful

someone is  stressed  / under pressure / anxious