Ladybird25 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Staffing level
Hi,
Could you please check if my understanding is correct? (the underlined parts)
(situation – two companies are under negotiation)
Company A has decided to outsource one of their functions.
Company B is trying to take over one of the Company A’s departments.
Company A wants Company B to employ four members of their team.
Company B does not want to take on Company A’s whole team.
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Company A: … but what I really want to know is – are you going to hire our staff or not?
Company B: As you know, staffing levels depend on the level of service you decide to go for. The one you choose depends on the degree of service and support you require.
Q1: Does the “staffing levels” mean “the numbers of people”, or could it be “staff’s standard of work capacity”?
Q2: Does “The one” refer to “staffing level”?
Thank you, in advance.
Could you please check if my understanding is correct? (the underlined parts)
(situation – two companies are under negotiation)
Company A has decided to outsource one of their functions.
Company B is trying to take over one of the Company A’s departments.
Company A wants Company B to employ four members of their team.
Company B does not want to take on Company A’s whole team.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Company A: … but what I really want to know is – are you going to hire our staff or not?
Company B: As you know, staffing levels depend on the level of service you decide to go for. The one you choose depends on the degree of service and support you require.
Q1: Does the “staffing levels” mean “the numbers of people”, or could it be “staff’s standard of work capacity”?
Q2: Does “The one” refer to “staffing level”?
Thank you, in advance.
Top answer
A wants B to do a portion of their work, and, in addition, to take four of their staff with them. B obviously doesn't want to take any of A's staff, because that's added expense for them, and they have their own staff and way of doing things. B wants the work, but not any of A's staff, so they beat around the bush and stall, hoping that A will eventually drop the requirement of taking A's staff.
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A wants B to do a portion of their work, and, in addition, to take four of their staff with them. B obviously doesn't want to take any of A's staff, because that's added expense for them, and they have their own staff and way of doing things.
B wants the work, but not any of A's staff, so they beat around the bush and stall, hoping that A will eventually drop the requirement of taking A'
B wants the work, but not any of A's staff, so they beat around the bush and stall, hoping that A will eventually drop the requirement of taking A'
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Thank you so much for the detailed explanation.
I got it now.
Thanks again for the time.
ladybird
I got it now.
Thanks again for the time.
ladybird
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