Practice English Conversation (Working hard to get a pay raise) English Conversation Practice

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hey John have you seen Bertha I need  her to give me some documents to
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hello Mark again are you  working overtime again oh my God
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yeah what's the matter I need to work  hard if I want to get that promotion
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you've told me that many times you've been  working hard for I don't know how many years
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six or seven years that's a lot of time  my friend you should reconsider that
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you don't know how it works right you need  to work hard if you want to get things
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yeah sure I'm not telling you that  working hard is something bad but
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working overtime at least do you get  paid for those extra hours you're working
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of course I mean for some extra hours  I also do some extra work sometimes
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for example yesterday I helped the boss with  something personal gift for his daughter
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I had to go to the mall to look for  a present because it was her birthday
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I found a beautiful doll for her I bought  it and gave it to the boss he loved that  
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oh obviously he gave me that money  back the money I spent I'm not silly
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and he was so happy that he congratulated  me for helping him I'm his friend now
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but that's not part of your work bro you  just need to work eight hours in this office
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as I told you before working hard  is good but do not exaggerate
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you don't know you just come here on time  leave home and come back again the next day
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yeah because that's what our job is about I  also work hard but during my working hours
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I'm not going to offer to go to the mall  to get a gift for my boss's daughter haha
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well you should consider doing that  didn't you know Patrick quit last week
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seriously I didn't know that I heard  that he got fired because of a problem
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no he quit he had to travel to other  country and he's going to work there
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he talked to the boss and decided to  quit the boss told me that yesterday
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you know what it means right there is a  vacancy available for that job position
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and of course he will think of me when he  has to take that decision do you get it now
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I see I think I get it but what will  happen if you don't get that promotion
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how can you say something like  that of course I'll get it
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and not only because I did the boss a  favor yesterday there are many factors
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I have helped him a lot all these years  did you know I come on Saturdays to work
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what why could you come to  work on Saturdays are you crazy
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yeah I come every Saturdays to work here  there is a lot of work my friend he needs help  
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I usually arrive at seven in the morning and  then we work together as a team it's amazing
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after we finish working we go to eat something  to a nice restaurant here's my friend
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he usually offers to pay but I tell him no I  always pay for the lunch we eat on Saturdays  
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you could think I'm stupid but no  that way he will know he owes me one
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hmm if you say so I'm just telling  you to be careful don't trust too much
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what happens is that you don't know  how things work here in the office
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if you want to get a promotion or a pay  raise you will have to do many things
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like that time we stayed up working late  he needed to deliver an important report
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so I offered to help him finish that  we stayed here until the next day
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but we could at least finish with that report  it was really tiring but it was worth it  
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or at that time he didn't have enough cash to  pay for his lunch I had to lend him some money
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he likes eating in fancy restaurants  so it cost like 500 dollars
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five hundred dollars wow that's a lot of  money of course he paid you back right
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of course not he wanted to do that  but I didn't let him do so smart
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if you say so but again what will  happen if you don't get that promotion
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that is impossible to happen I will  absolutely get that promotion you'll see
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did you know I always arrive two hours before  we start to work I arrive at five o'clock
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are you crazy why I mean why why would  you do that do you get pet for that
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or it's not I come here earlier  to help cleaning the office
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but we have a staff for that job why  would you clean the office I don't get it
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because that's how I show that I have initiative  the boss knows that and he congratulates me  
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he appreciates me so much that he will  recommend me to get that promotion you'll see
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well I hope you're not wrong I hope  you can get that promotion seriously
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thanks but that's how it will be you  just wait for the great news okay
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okay congratulations then I need to  go to my office I have a lot of work
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sure he doesn't know but I will  get that promotion for sure
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hello Mark I was looking for you I  need to ask you for a favor please
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Hi boss sure whatever you want I'm  here to help you or the company grow
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thank you I need you to deliver some  documents to the main office please could you
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of course I'm here to help you just  give me the address and I'll go there
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great the address is in my office I will  go to get it and then I'll come back
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oh by the way did you know Patrick  quit last week it was a great worker
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yes I've heard about that it's a Pity he  doesn't work here anymore I hope he's fine  
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yeah I think he got a job in other country  anyway we were looking for his replacement
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we were evaluating a lot of people these days but  we finally found him he was here in this office  
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we decided to promote one of the workers  here I think that's fair don't you
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absolutely sir totally agree with you and  I'm so happy with your decision thank you  
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I've been working hard all these years and I'm  so happy and honored to be the new supervisor and
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yeah that's why I decided to promote  Mike my nephew do you remember him
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Mike your nephew but he has just started  working here he started last month  
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yeah and he has done an excellent job I'm so proud  of him that's why he will be the new supervisor  
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hard work always pays off don't you think  he deserves to get that promotion for sure  
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so you just keep working hard and  someday you could become like Mike  
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have a good day yeah bye oh God maybe I have  to work even harder right I hope you liked  
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