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Ladybird25 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Staffing level
Hi,
Could you please check if my understanding is correct? (the underlined parts)
(situation – two companies are under negotiation)
Company A has decided to outsource one of their functions.
Company B is trying to take over one of the Company A’s departments.
Company A wants Company B to employ four members of their team.
Company B does not want to take on Company A’s whole team.
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Company A: … but what I really want to know is – are you going to hire our staff or not?
Company B: As you know, staffing levels depend on the level of service you decide to go for. The one you choose depends on the degree of service and support you require.
Q1: Does the “staffing levels” mean “the numbers of people”, or could it be “staff’s standard of work capacity”?
Q2: Does “The one” refer to “staffing level”?
Thank you, in advance.
Could you please check if my understanding is correct? (the underlined parts)
(situation – two companies are under negotiation)
Company A has decided to outsource one of their functions.
Company B is trying to take over one of the Company A’s departments.
Company A wants Company B to employ four members of their team.
Company B does not want to take on Company A’s whole team.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Company A: … but what I really want to know is – are you going to hire our staff or not?
Company B: As you know, staffing levels depend on the level of service you decide to go for. The one you choose depends on the degree of service and support you require.
Q1: Does the “staffing levels” mean “the numbers of people”, or could it be “staff’s standard of work capacity”?
Q2: Does “The one” refer to “staffing level”?
Thank you, in advance.
Top answer
A wants B to do a portion of their work, and, in addition, to take four of their staff with them. B obviously doesn't want to take any of A's staff, because that's added expense for them, and they have their own staff and way of doing things. B wants the work, but not any of A's staff, so they beat around the bush and stall, hoping that A will eventually drop the requirement of taking A's staff.
- A wants B to do a portion of their work, and, in addition, to take four of their staff with them.
- B obviously doesn't want to take any of A's staff, because that's added expense for them, and they have their own staff and way of doing things.
- B wants the work, but not any of A's staff, so they beat around the bush and stall, hoping that A will eventually drop the requirement of taking A's staff.
- " So B stalls beats around the bush some more: "As you know, staffing levels (staffing level = the number of people on a particular job) depend on the level of service you decide to go for (that is, if you want us to take your staff, you're going to have to pay us more than the price originally proposed).
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A wants B to do a portion of their work, and, in addition, to take four of their staff with them. B obviously doesn't want to take any of A's staff, because that's added expense for them, and they have their own staff and way of doing things.
B wants the work, but not any of A's staff, so they beat around the bush and stall, hoping that A will eventually drop the requirement of taking A'
B wants the work, but not any of A's staff, so they beat around the bush and stall, hoping that A will eventually drop the requirement of taking A'
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Thank you so much for the detailed explanation.
I got it now.
Thanks again for the time.
ladybird
I got it now.
Thanks again for the time.
ladybird
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