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CHAPTER FIVE

The next morning at about 5:30am,Jim woke up and started preparing for work. When he was done with breakfast, he took his briefcase, rushed to his car and drove off immediately so as to beat traffic.

Reaching there at the office at about 7:30am,he marked his attendance time and cleaned up his office.

When Joan arrived,he rushed and gave her a document which he has already completed.

Good morning boss, these are the documents you assigned to me day before yesterday, I need you to sign them please" Jim said giving Joan the documents.

"Hmm! You sure you are done already? "Joan asked enthusiastically.

"Yes Ma" Jim replied with a broad smile.

Joan signed the documents and was really impressed with it.

"Yes. Erhm... Remember we have a meeting at the main hall today, I need all of you there by 1:20 this afternoon" Joan said in order to prevent lateness.

"Yes I will be there Ma" Jim left immediately to prepare while Joan watched Jim close the door. Joan isn't a rude lady at all, she is quite friendly.She was only pretending to be mean and strict to achieve some respect and boundary.

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Jim glanced at the time every now and then in order to keep up with the time. He arranged his documents on the table and shut down his laptop.

At 1:15 in the afternoon, he took his suit,wore it and marched off to the main hall. He was the first when he got to the hall.

When it was exactly 1:20 the other staffs walked in and was surprised to see him already there.

When Joan entered the whole place fell flat. They stood up and when she sat down,she demonstrated and her staffs sat down too.

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,I think we should go straight to the point so we go back to work.I called this meeting for mainly two reasons. The first is to introduce our new staff, who is on a one month probation for the office of the Admin manager, Mr Jim Ben" Joan said as the staffs applauds for Jim who stood up and gave an appreciative smile to all of them.

"We all know how long that post had been vacant because the previous manager was inept for the position but Mr Jim here is going to prove that he can do better" Joan said with a smile.

" Thank you Ma" Jim gently said.

"Haven said the first reason for this meeting we now proceed to the second. The company was alerted that another contract is up. It's been up to two years now since Diploma group won any contract. We have been lagging behind and even when we hire specialists to help us out we end up losing again so this time we won't hire any specialist. Diploma group is a strong high-ranked institution and we can't afford to be kicked out of business. So, the contract is worth Fifty million Naira" Joan said with total silence in the hall.

"Yes Fifty million Naira. This should be our main target for this month. I don't know if anyone has anything to say" Joan said.

"I think we need more guild lines on how to tackle this differently this year" A staff said.

"We need more team work and co-operation amongst us...for instance i don't want to hear about disputes between our two PR Managers anymore" Joan said referring to Thelma and Louise, who bent down their heads in regret.

"Not trying to sound cliche but we have to work together, share ideas, data and hard work to be able to achieve something different this time. We should quit counting losses and begin to take charge" The Head of Departments said.