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  • going into bat for you

    going into bat for you

    original publish date: 7th March, 2011

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    transcript

    FTE #1: 'I'll approve the raise, as soon as you admit (a) you are incapable of selling the benefits of non-monetary rewards to your staff (b) you've placed the company at risk by making us reliant on a single employee, and (c) your department is still too inefficient to start reducing headcount

    FTE #2: I find it hard to look at myself in the mirror

    Caption: What your boss has to do to get you a raise.