Episode 9
你获聘了9
A few days later
几天以后

Hi! Welcome to WebWare.
你好！欢迎来到WebWare。

Thanks, nice to see you again.
谢谢，很高兴再次见到你。

You too. So, you said you wanted to come in and have a chat before you started...
我也是。你说你想在入职前来聊一聊……

Yeah, I just wanted to have a look round and ask a few more questions, if I can...
是的，我只想来参观一下，再问几个问题，可以吗……

Sure, fire away!
当然，尽管问吧！

Well, I was delighted to receive the job offer...
好的，我很高兴能得到这个工作机会……

Good – we were delighted to offer it to you...
很好 – 我们也很高兴能把这份工作给你……

But before I sign the contract there were one or two specifics I wanted to talk about.
但我在签合同之前，有一两个细节需要谈一谈。

OK... 'specifics'?
好……“细节”？

Well... there is a pay scale, instead of a fixed salary...
是的……我们是不是有个薪级工资制，而不是采用固定工资制……

Yes, as a new employee you’d be at the lower end of the pay scale.
对，作为新员工，你处于薪级工资的底层。

But taking my experience into account...
但是如果考虑到我的经验……

Well, you haven’t had that much experience – we see you as an investment...
好吧，其实你的经验并不丰富……我们录用你，实际上是一种投资……

But that salary would only be a little more than I’m making now.
但是你们给的薪水只比我现在的工作高出一点点。

So, instead of asking for a higher level on the pay scale, I thought this could be compensated by adding certain bonuses
如果没办法提高薪级，我想是不是可以加上某些奖金作为补偿

- for instance if I make certain sales targets, or even break them, I would be looking for a good cash payment, or stock options in the company.
– 例如：如果我达到了某些销售目标，或者超出了目标，我可以获得一笔奖金，或者公司的期权。

Well, that is something we sometimes offer senior members of staff,
好吧，这种奖励我们有时会提供给资深员工，

but to show good faith I’ll provisionally offer you the bonus scheme –
但是为了表示我们的诚意，我会暂时向你提供奖金计划 –

but I’ll have to okay it with Philip first.
不过我首先需要征得菲利普的同意。

That’s fine. I also see there are 25 days holiday.
那太好了。我还希望有25天的假期。

Yes. That’s standard.
没问题。这是标准待遇。

It’s not very much for a high pressure job though...
不过对于压力很大的工作而言，这个假期时间并不算长……

I can’t offer you any more holiday.
我没有办法给你更多的假期。

No, but I was wondering if we could delay my start date,
好吧，但我想推迟我的入职日期，

so instead of starting a week from now, as we discussed, I could start in a month’s time?
之前我们谈过，我没办法一周以后再入职，能不能改成在一个月内入职？

You’re a tough negotiator, Sarah!
你是个强硬的谈判者，萨拉！

That’s one of the reasons you hired me!
这是你们雇用我的原因之一！

Yes, of course. OK, I think we can do that
是的，当然是。好吧，我想我们可以这么办

– I’ll look forward to seeing you in a month, and earning those bonuses!
– 我希望你在一个月内入职，我也会给你奖金待遇！