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Doing well. Oh, she's doing amazing.

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And she has nothing but the best things
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I'm super excited to be here.

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And thank you again for making the time.

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Of course. Can I see your resume?

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Ah, yes. Just a moment.

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There it is.

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Oh, look at that.

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You don't see paper resumes as often
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Pretty impressive.

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So why don't I start by telling you a
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Yeah, sure. So we like to have work
-life balance. So we have a huge

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bank of paid time off as well as
vacation, as well as various competitive

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benefits to make sure our employees are
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Of course, that also means that when
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give it their all. As it should be.

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Right. And then, of course, there's...

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The more nuanced aspects of our company
culture that involves unique

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workplace practices.

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I'm sure if Carissa.

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Yes, she did tell me and I have zero
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great. Now, let me ask you, how would
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I would say that I'm pretty hands -off
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Otherwise, I really try to empower my
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things on their own, but also let them
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So I would call it like an open -door
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And I see it.

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You raised company stocks 35%. Why don't
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do that?

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Yes, I'm actually very, very, very proud
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It was an incredible opportunity.

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How did you come about that exactly?

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Yeah, so what I did is I did targeted
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saw who was investing in a noticeable
amount of warehouse space.

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You can find those type of statistics on
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So from there, I was able to craft a
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and boosted their liquidity.

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Wow, that's ingenious. You can certainly
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thinking over here.

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Can you tell me about your past work
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such a plan?

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Yeah, so I was in market analytics, you
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staring at spreadsheets all day until
they start looking like modern art.

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Oh, I know that feeling. At some point,
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charts in your dreams.

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Exactly. But that work really helped me
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patterns and think strategically.

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And before that, I was in business
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creative with outreach.

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You could say I'm kind of an expert at
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deleted. You should put that on your
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I don't have it on here already.

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Oh, shoot. Well, both roles really
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And that's how I was able to create such
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And let's switch to...

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Something more creative.

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handle conflict in the workplace?

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I can't say that I'm a fan of
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overcome obstacles with creativity.

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Like if something is not going as
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I really like coming up with ways to
where we could make it maybe even better

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than before.

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I love to hear it. I love someone who is
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You know, I do my best. The corporate
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all moments.

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And what brought you to the corporate
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Like, what was the most interesting
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I would just say new ways of thinking.

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I was in a more creative field before,
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a better paycheck to be completely
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But I was able to find ways to bring my
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office.

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Nice.

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We really like out -of -the -box
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Different kinds of living and thinking.

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Oh, yeah, of course. I feel like that's
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There is this one partnership deal that
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The client seemed super enthusiastic,
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I had compelling data.

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I had lots of research in there and a
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But unfortunately, after spending all
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said that they already changed their
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how to check in and see if a deal is
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Oh my God, I'm so sorry to hear that.

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It didn't go to waste, though. So what
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for in your top candidates?

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We're definitely looking for...

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People who are team players.

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I stress creativity a lot.

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And definitely, like, out of... Not your
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but also those who love to excel.
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wants to stay with us for a while
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here we want to all grow together I love
hearing that you're not outsourcing

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your top positions and that you're like
really concentrating on the people that

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are already here the accomplishments
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company and congratulating them for that
that's I I really love hearing that and

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not to brag or anything but I

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Think of myself as someone who can
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told you before.

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And that's definitely one of our, like,
top characteristics we want because you

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never know what's going to go on day to
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100%. I thought the corporate world was
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be, right? But we can't predict
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in. Yeah. And you never.

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You never know who you're working with
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management changes.

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And so we also like really friendly
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I mean, some people are a little
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big part of our company.

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frustrations can run high when you're
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working out the way you want it to.

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So do you guys do any team building
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or how do you foster that environment?

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So about once a month we have a team
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I love taking out everyone and we have

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this cute little card game that we play
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So we, um, I love that. Is it sort of
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getting to learn more about each other's
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focused on the work environment?

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people. Um, and so we're about, um,

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Adding about three people per quarter.
We're growing. We're really big here.

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I did do some research on your guys'
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super impressed at the speed at which
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I am curious.

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Love this office and everything.

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Are there any opportunities to maybe
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might be a little too early to be asking
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doing a lot of transfers with the
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Yes, we are.

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We're thinking about expanding to a few
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Okay, good to know, good to know.

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Actually, you can ask one of our
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Hi. Hi.

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I'm Spencer. What's your name? I'm
Ariel. It's really nice to meet you.

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nice to meet you, too. How long have you
been here? Oh, God.

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Who's counting?

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You know, it's just such a wonderful,
hospitable place to be employed at. So,

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yeah, you know, the days just sort of
all roll together.

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I heard your interview earlier. You
guys, you're just so talented.

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Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. I'm
gunning for you. I really hope you get

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job.

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Don't tell her.

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I would really love to be part of this,
especially hearing that the days just

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kind of unfold and you're not keeping
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days that are agonizing and like you are
enjoying the environment here.

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Yeah, no, every day is just a gift.

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You know, that's why it's called the
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really facilitate a healthy, functioning
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in this office. My goodness.

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I mean. And Ariel just got a raise, too.

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Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you.
It's well time.

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I'm so happy to be here so I could get
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Insight.

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So great that you brought that card game
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because it really was a hoot and holler.

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Do you play cards?

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I'm a huge fan of Go Fish.

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Oh, that's great.

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I haven't played any of these, like,
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about. It's normally just the standard
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here. We're all about icebreakers and
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Your coworkers.

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Especially because we like to keep them
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Got a great pension here.

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401k, the whole thing.

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Oh, I do want to hear more about that.

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Well, you will when you work here.

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Fair enough. Fair enough. I don't want
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We're hoping.

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We're hoping.

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Why don't you hop up here?

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But, yeah, I'm really excited to see how
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assume that I already have the position.
I'm just getting really inspired being

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here. Oh, yeah, for sure.

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You'll fit in great. I mean, everybody
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Nothing but good things about you.

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And if you're anything like Carissa.

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Well, Carissa's a hard act to follow.
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She was always such a goof at those
retreats. She really brought everyone

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together. I credit her with so much help
of understanding how to cooperate with

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people. She's really a people person.

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And if there is room for it, I don't
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that... specifically plans all the team
building stuff or if that's an effort

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of, you know, everyone.

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But I would love to help coordinate
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All right. Let me catch your first
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Oh, it's all good. It's all good.

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I was just asking if, is there, how else
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this? Do you guys have people
specifically employed that are just

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team building or is it kind of a lot?

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Oh, HR does that. I should know that
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I mean, I've been in the corporate world
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years. I'm still not a veteran yet.

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I mean, every big corporation should
have an HR.

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Oh, yeah.

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I just didn't know they did the team
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Speaking of what I contribute, I have
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of the corporate world.

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So if you need me for more than one
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multiple roles.

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Wow. I'm not going to overwhelm you
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Very true. We want to make sure that you
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putting on too many hats. I see that a
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other companies. They like to abuse the
fact that.

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They're making so much money, and so
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And I kind of like the European style
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Oh, love that.

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Absolutely love that.

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Yeah, but from my impression so far,
that definitely sounds in line with what

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you guys value and from what Carissa
told me as well, and I really trust her

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insight with things.

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Um, yeah.

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Um, I tend to get a little bit
ambitious.

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I didn't mean to overwhelm with my
offering or anything, but yeah, I think

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uh, I'm getting really excited about
this, trying to contain my excitement a

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little bit.

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Well, you're such a lovely person.

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I'm really enjoying this interview.

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I have one more question for you.

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How would you say you handle conflict?

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Ooh, are you speaking logistically or
among coworkers?

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How about we do both?

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Okay, fair enough.

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So logistically, I feel like that one's
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the data. You dig into the research.

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You ask around with your other coworkers
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understand more of what's going on and
see if you can fix the issue just from

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gaining more knowledge about the
situation.

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So the logistics one comes pretty
naturally to me.

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When it comes to person -to -person
conflict in the workplace, so, and yeah,

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that's how I say I handle conflict. Is
there any other pressing questions that

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are on your mind right now?

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What about you? What kind of questions
do you have if we didn't touch on

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anything? Well, like I said before, my
background is mainly in market analytics

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and business development.

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And do you see any way I could help your
company in its expansion with either of

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those skill sets?

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I mean, we're always trying to expand.
And as long as you're creative enough

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can see different ways of...

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Collaborating? Yeah, 100%. I would say
my business development background would

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definitely help with that.

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And I would love to offer my skill set
and my five years experience and, you

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know, see what I can do for you guys. I
was looking into the corporation a bit,

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and I really value what you guys are
doing. And I think it's important.

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Thank you. I really appreciate that.

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Have you ever started a company yourself
or have you just always been working

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with other people?

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I've just flirted with the idea of
starting my own company before.

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Overhead is kind of scary to me, like
starting it off at first.

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I've kind of had a fear of failing, even
though I've done so great for the

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companies I have worked for.

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But yeah, I kind of prefer to follow
somebody that already has a mission

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I'm very good with picking apart where
people can improve on things or where a

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corporation can improve on things.

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So you would consider yourself a team
player?

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Oh, 100%. 100%. Like I was saying
earlier about when you asked me about

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conflicts and, like, between employee to
employee, we're all here for the same

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goal. Oh, we've been talking about work
so much.

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Why don't you tell me some of your
hobbies?

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Oh, some of my hobbies outside of work.

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I enjoy my job so much. I tend to work a
lot off the clock. And I know you said

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you don't want your employees to stress
out or anything, but I really do truly

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enjoy that.

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When I'm not spending my time, though,
doing my market analytics and things

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that, I've been learning how to crochet,
actually. I'm very much a beginner.

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It kind of just helps me zone my mind
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I have to force myself to stop working.

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Well, you can definitely do that at your
desk.

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Really? Yeah, because we like to have
creative outlets,

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especially because you can get a block
anytime at work. Instead of getting

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frustrated, taking a quick little break
on something that you enjoy.

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I actually do have my desk tools and my
pickup crocheting as well. I bought a

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little kit to make a little plushie.

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It's a lot harder than I thought it
would be.

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Yeah, it's pretty difficult. It's
definitely good for what you were

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getting your head off of something that
was frustrating before. And even though

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crochet itself can be frustrating, at
least you're not frustrated with your

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work. And that it takes away from the
work frustration. I've never heard of a

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company doing that before, letting
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indulge in their hobbies while on the
clock and i see how that could honestly

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improve the environment and improve the
productivity within the company yeah

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sure it's very important to avoid
burnout you know we love what we do here

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it really you know it comes home with
you sometimes you know and it's got

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got to have that compartmentalization
where's work and where's pleasure it's

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over to go for sure You know, after
hearing all this, I feel like this will

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really healthy work environment for me
to learn how to balance my work life.

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Those logistics are something very
essential to navigate, but I would say

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my boss over here, she has created a
work environment that is

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unlike any that I've worked in before.

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Thank you so much.

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Don't have to toot your own horn.

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I will say, we do have one rule. As much
as we love music, those are headphones

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only.

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Totally understandable.

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Totally understandable.

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There has to be compromise somewhere.

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Not a terrible compromise to make.

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No. You big classical fan?

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Um, what's that one's name? The Bootsy?
Ah, classic.

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Classic. Yes, yes.

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Yeah, listening to classical is really
good when I'm looking at the

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spreadsheets. It's almost like a movie
track.

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Is that how you've avoided burnout at
your other jobs?

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Are there any strategies you can use? I
just get so passionate.

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And I'm sure being five years in the
corporate world now, that burnout will

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probably start to show up soon.

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So I'm happy if I could, you know.

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make this my workplace and then if that
burnout does happen that I'm in such a

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supportive environment yeah for sure
support oh we have a great internal

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system here yes I really like to make
sure my employees are taken care of I

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already so interested in you guys from
what Carissa told me and from my own

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research that I've done but being here
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I'm very, very, very, excuse my
language, fucking impressed.

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Naughty.

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Hi, man.

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You can cough here.

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I was just about to ask. I was like, oh,
oopsies, did I make it?

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No, we're very casual here.

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We like to be comfortable with each
other.

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As long as you're not rude or mean.

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Just be yourself.

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Yeah, there's no need for that in
outward rudeness or the meanness or

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Absolutely not. And that is one boundary
that

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I have a very hard boundary with that.
The moment that you are rude to another

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person here, I want everyone here to
feel safe and welcome and taken care of.

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Totally understandable.

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I do have a question for you, if you
don't mind.

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So I was wondering, we've been doing the
interview now for a little bit and

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gotten an impression of each other.

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So I was curious as to whether you have
any concerns about me joining the team

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from what you've learned about me so
far.

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We would definitely love to have you on
the team.

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I'm sorry. You said you were already
interested.

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We would love to have you on the team.

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Are you still currently at your old
place of work or how would we?

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Yeah, I found that when I go to
corporate interviews and I've already

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job before.

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They're curious. They're like, well, why
aren't you working right now? What went

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wrong?

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I don't like to talk down on other
companies, so I try to avoid those

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as much as possible.

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But, yeah, I really see an opportunity
to maximize my skill set more so here

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than where I'm currently at.

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And actually, one last question.

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Why is it that you are looking to leave
your current employer?

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I just find it a better opportunity,
like I said, with the skillset that I

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and with you guys expanding and my
background in business development and

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skills I've developed with creative
outreach.

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I really think I could be an essential
part of helping you guys expand even

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there.

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Amazing.

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And let's see.

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Not to interrupt, but I do think that
you sound like a perfect fit for this

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company. You all certainly
overqualified, but your skill set is

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major asset should the employment
process work in your favor.

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I'm really flattered to hear that.

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And I feel like there's so much praise
within this company for each other and

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appreciation. This is beautiful.

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We've all got a huge bright pink here.

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And actually, now that I think about it,
we're planning on having a team

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building workshop this weekend.

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I know, like,

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you'll still be at your other employer
for the next two weeks. But I'd love for

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you to come and check it out and get
well acquainted with everyone.

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Yeah, I think that's an excellent idea
to go ahead and introduce myself before,

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if I am able to join the team.

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Yeah, I think that'd be really good to
just meet everyone in a casual

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environment first.

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Do you guys have any...

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particular um plan for the next team
building thing are you doing the card

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again or do you kind of switch it up
from time so this one is um our dinner

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we do do four vacations every every
quarter we like to plan um a little like

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can get away but this one's local um and
we'll be

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Eating dinner at the new Asian fusion
place that opened

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up, I don't know if you saw that, but
like a month ago.

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Oh, I haven't heard of this place yet.

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So at these team building things, is
there a policy to where you can't talk

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about work or is that encouraged?

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We do kind of like to stray away from.

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the stressors of work but any any like

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positive you are surely allowed to bring
up um but it's more of

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um coming um closer

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I could see how it's really healthy, and
I think that'll help me grow my work

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-life balance as well, like I told you
before. I just can't stop working

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sometimes, right?

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Right.

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So I'll send you over the paperwork in
your email.

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If you could just write down, or
actually, it's on your resume, right?

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email? Oh, yeah, of course it is. Okay,
perfect.

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I really appreciate you taking the time
to do this interview today and go so in

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-depth with everything and let me meet
some of your employees.

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Hey, speaking of which, you were
incredible. It was so wonderful to meet

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I gotta get out of here. I got some
files to file.

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Goodbye.

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She's amazing.

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She really is.

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Well, it was such a pleasure to meet
you. I'll send over the paperwork

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And hopefully we'll see you Saturday.

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Are you saying I got the job?

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Yeah, of course. I wouldn't want anyone
else.

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I'm very enthused. I'll put in my two
weeks tomorrow.

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And yeah, then we can just correspond
through email, phone calls, whatever

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best for you on our next step.

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Yes. And hopefully we'll see you
Saturday.

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Oh, yes. That's right.

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I can't put it.

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Yes, that's right. Your phone number. I
know.

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Thank you. Thank you for. No, it's very
exciting news. So I totally get it.

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Well, I think I do kind of, I need to
make a few phone calls.

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I will walk you out and just get the
paperwork back for me within the next

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weeks.

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Totally doable.

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Thank you so much. Of course.