[0-1:59.750]Hey Dan. How did the appraisal go?
[00:03.960]Oh, it was pretty good thanks.
[00:05.440]Carol, she's my line manager,  Carol，
[00:08.200]seemed to know me better than I knew myself,
[00:10.770]and she really helped me to identify strengths and weaknesses I didn't know I had.
[00:16.900]I'd thought we were just going to talk about practical things,
[00:20.830]like what my prospects are for promotion,
[00:23.590]rather than my psychology.
[00:25.580]Do you want a promotion?
[00:26.930]I thought you'd chosen to go down a grade when you took this job.
[00:30.770]That's right. I used to manage a sales team.
[00:34.980]It meant working long hours,
[00:37.230]and it could be pretty difficult at times,
[00:39.720]though on the whole I enjoyed the challenge.
[00:42.180]But it kept me at a distance from customers
[00:45.370]and I wanted to go back to that.
[00:46.980]So here I am, a sales rep again.
[00:49.930]I'd be interested in promotion
[00:52.220]if it didn't stop me doing the fun parts of the job.
[00:55.540]How have people reacted to your taking a step down?
[00:59.420]Most of the people in my last company found it strange,
[01:02.900]but in fact a couple of them thought about changing to this company too,
[01:07.120]though it didn't come to anything.
[01:09.290]These seems to be a rumour going around
[01:11.890]that I'll be looking for something better soon,
[01:14.280]but actually I'm pretty happy here.
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