Episode 9
你獲聘了9
A few days later
幾天以后

Hi! Welcome to WebWare.
你好！歡迎來到WebWare。

Thanks, nice to see you again.
謝謝，很高興再次見到你。

You too. So, you said you wanted to come in and have a chat before you started...
我也是。你說你想在入職前來聊一聊……

Yeah, I just wanted to have a look round and ask a few more questions, if I can...
是的，我只想來參觀一下，再問幾個問題，可以嗎……

Sure, fire away!
當(dāng)然，盡管問吧！

Well, I was delighted to receive the job offer...
好的，我很高興能得到這個工作機會……

Good – we were delighted to offer it to you...
很好 – 我們也很高興能把這份工作給你……

But before I sign the contract there were one or two specifics I wanted to talk about.
但我在簽合同之前，有一兩個細節(jié)需要談一談。

OK... 'specifics'?
好……“細節(jié)”？

Well... there is a pay scale, instead of a fixed salary...
是的……我們是不是有個薪級工資制，而不是采用固定工資制……

Yes, as a new employee you’d be at the lower end of the pay scale.
對，作為新員工，你處于薪級工資的底層。

But taking my experience into account...
但是如果考慮到我的經(jīng)驗……

Well, you haven’t had that much experience – we see you as an investment...
好吧，其實你的經(jīng)驗并不豐富……我們錄用你，實際上是一種投資……

But that salary would only be a little more than I’m making now.
但是你們給的薪水只比我現(xiàn)在的工作高出一點點。

So, instead of asking for a higher level on the pay scale, I thought this could be compensated by adding certain bonuses
如果沒辦法提高薪級，我想是不是可以加上某些獎金作為補償

- for instance if I make certain sales targets, or even break them, I would be looking for a good cash payment, or stock options in the company.
– 例如：如果我達到了某些銷售目標，或者超出了目標，我可以獲得一筆獎金，或者公司的期權(quán)。

Well, that is something we sometimes offer senior members of staff,
好吧，這種獎勵我們有時會提供給資深員工，

but to show good faith I’ll provisionally offer you the bonus scheme –
但是為了表示我們的誠意，我會暫時向你提供獎金計劃 –

but I’ll have to okay it with Philip first.
不過我首先需要征得菲利普的同意。

That’s fine. I also see there are 25 days holiday.
那太好了。我還希望有25天的假期。

Yes. That’s standard.
沒問題。這是標準待遇。

It’s not very much for a high pressure job though...
不過對于壓力很大的工作而言，這個假期時間并不算長……

I can’t offer you any more holiday.
我沒有辦法給你更多的假期。

No, but I was wondering if we could delay my start date,
好吧，但我想推遲我的入職日期，

so instead of starting a week from now, as we discussed, I could start in a month’s time?
之前我們談過，我沒辦法一周以后再入職，能不能改成在一個月內(nèi)入職？

You’re a tough negotiator, Sarah!
你是個強硬的談判者，薩拉！

That’s one of the reasons you hired me!
這是你們雇用我的原因之一！

Yes, of course. OK, I think we can do that
是的，當(dāng)然是。好吧，我想我們可以這么辦

– I’ll look forward to seeing you in a month, and earning those bonuses!
– 我希望你在一個月內(nèi)入職，我也會給你獎金待遇！

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