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Ladybird25 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
The pluses
Hi,
Would you please check if my understanding is correct?
Two companies, OkusIT and Levien, are now under negotiation.
Levien has decided to outsource their small IT function and wants Okus to employ four members of their IT team.
Okus specializes in managing IT projects and taking over the IT departments of their client companies. They'd like to hire two members from Levien.
In this situation, does “the pluses” (underlined) in the text below refer to ‘increasing the number of people they are going to hire’?
I think Okus is suggesting the possibility to hire more people than they originally planned. Am I right?
Or does it simply mean ‘advantage’, ‘benefit’, etc.?
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(Karen and Andrew are from Okus, Francoise and Sean from Levien.)
FRANCOISE: We have studied your proposal with interest and, generally it seems to fit with our needs. But I am especially worried about cuts to my team.
KAREN: Perhaps Andrew could present our proposal and then you’ll see…
FRANCOISE: I’m sure you can understand my concern. I have a team of four people in IT. They are very dedicated, of course, but they are very unsettled.
ANDREW: Can I suggest we present the pluses for you if you choose Okus, then perhaps we can identify your area of …
SEAN: We do need some assurances here. Any cuts are going to need approval from the Works Council.
FRANCOISE: We must sort this out before we continue.
KAREN: I see. Have you got the documents about rehiring staff? As I’m sure you’ll understand, staffing is a major cost area for us and the prices are based on the staffing proposal we’ve made. Now, if you can agree to the prices before we go on…
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Thank you in advance.
ladybird
Would you please check if my understanding is correct?
Two companies, OkusIT and Levien, are now under negotiation.
Levien has decided to outsource their small IT function and wants Okus to employ four members of their IT team.
Okus specializes in managing IT projects and taking over the IT departments of their client companies. They'd like to hire two members from Levien.
In this situation, does “the pluses” (underlined) in the text below refer to ‘increasing the number of people they are going to hire’?
I think Okus is suggesting the possibility to hire more people than they originally planned. Am I right?
Or does it simply mean ‘advantage’, ‘benefit’, etc.?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Karen and Andrew are from Okus, Francoise and Sean from Levien.)
FRANCOISE: We have studied your proposal with interest and, generally it seems to fit with our needs. But I am especially worried about cuts to my team.
KAREN: Perhaps Andrew could present our proposal and then you’ll see…
FRANCOISE: I’m sure you can understand my concern. I have a team of four people in IT. They are very dedicated, of course, but they are very unsettled.
ANDREW: Can I suggest we present the pluses for you if you choose Okus, then perhaps we can identify your area of …
SEAN: We do need some assurances here. Any cuts are going to need approval from the Works Council.
FRANCOISE: We must sort this out before we continue.
KAREN: I see. Have you got the documents about rehiring staff? As I’m sure you’ll understand, staffing is a major cost area for us and the prices are based on the staffing proposal we’ve made. Now, if you can agree to the prices before we go on…
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Thank you in advance.
ladybird
Top answer
Hi, It seems to me that Andrew just wants to explain the overall benefits (pluses) of choosing Okus. He wants to avoid discussing the hiring of more people. Things look bad for the four IT people.
- Hi, It seems to me that Andrew just wants to explain the overall benefits (pluses) of choosing Okus.
- He wants to avoid discussing the hiring of more people.
- Things look bad for the four IT people.
- Clive
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Hi,
It seems to me that Andrew just wants to explain the overall benefits (pluses) of choosing Okus.
He wants to avoid discussing the hiring of more people.
Things look bad for the four IT people.
It seems to me that Andrew just wants to explain the overall benefits (pluses) of choosing Okus.
He wants to avoid discussing the hiring of more people.
Things look bad for the four IT people.
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