NovelEnglishChapter 1149: "I called just to check in on you, not get in the middle of this. What's going on between you and Huey is your business. You don't need to run it by anyone, just tell us how it ends. But still, you can't treat him like this," Eileen said.
Eileen understood Huey deeply. He might appear unreliable on the surface, but when things got serious, he was a responsible person. Leaving right after dropping the divorce agreement at hwas not the way to solve their problems.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I know. I just think he's too emotional right now. I want to talk things through when he has calmed down," Bailee replied.
Eileen brushed her hair back and glanced out the window, catching the soft glow of the moonlight. "Late now, you should get srest. When things are sorted, you can cback and stay with us. Mom would be heartbroken if she knew you were working so hard that you couldn't even sit down for a proper meal." Bailee quickly said, "Please, don't tell Mom I'm thinking about a divorce yet." "I won't, don't worry," Eileen reassured her. She chose not to bring up anything related to Bailee's situation further.
health condition. There wasn't much more she could say over the phone, so she made up her mind to discuss things in person the next tthey met.
The following afternoon, at exactly 2 o'clock, Eileen made her way to the meeting room on the highest floor of the Ferguson Group headquarters.
Eileen entered with purposeful strides, and the two senior executives who had been waiting for her immediately stood and greeted her.
"You don't need to be so formal. You can both sit down," Eileen said with a reassuring smile as she took her place across from the two men. Resting her hands on the table, she glanced at them both before continuing, "I imagine someone has tried to lure you away recently, offering you a job elsewhere. Am I right?" The moment those words left her mouth, both men's expressions shifted noticeably.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Don't worry," Eileen added quickly. "I'm only curious about what they offered you. What kind of promises or deals were made? We've already had two people leave, and I just want to stay ahead of the situation." At her clarification, both men visibly relaxed, exchanging glances before one of them answered, "They offered us a starting salary that's three times what we're earning here. They also guaranteed that, once their company is established locally, we'd be part of the senior team and receive an annual two percent bonus. There was a catch -they wanted us to hand over the company's confidential information without hesitation." These two men held positions roughly equivalent to the two senior executives who had already resigned, which led Eileen to assthat the sattempt had been made to recruit the two senior executives around the stime. Unlike the two senior executives, these two men had chosen to stay.
"It's a new company?” Eileen asked, her brow furrowing slightly. “Are you tellingyou don't even know who they are?"
"No, we don't know who they are" one of the two men xeplied. The w content rn content is on novelenglish.net!
Normally, when trying to poach employees, companies would tempt them with a higher salary and reveal their key advantages, giving the employees a chance to weigh the offer and decide if it was worth jumping ship.
However, this company's approach was more of a gamble than a typical negotiation. They were offering an base salary that was three times higher than what these people were currently earning, which was an incredibly enticing offer.
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