BEC情景对话：Fair Pay

Dialogue 1

M:  Have you heard anything about Market Ink? They have called me back for interview,  and I'm considering taking the job with them, 

F:  To start with,  Market Ink has a reputation for being one of the best empoyers in the field. 

M:  The best. . . ha,  with so many companies out there,  how'd they established themselves in such solid poisition on top. 

F:  First of all, they have excellent benefit packages for all employees,  even they mainence staff with health and dental coverage. 

M:  Really? What about the pay wage? Are their wages pretty high?

F:  From what I here,  they are very reasonable,  a lot of the prestige companies have built is because they have tracked a high profiling employees with their incentives. 

M:  Well,  what about the working environment? Not every one is motivated solely by money. 

F:  It's a great place to work,  they give you fair pay and benefits,  and a lot of room to grow,  I think if they off you a job,  you should definately take it. 

Dialogue 2

F:  Are you working overtime again? Over the last two weeks,  you have worked overtime everyday without brake,  your company is drilling the life out of you. 

M:  I know,  but I don't have a choice,  my boss has complete control over our work schedules,  I haven't made it out of office before 9: 00 PM a single day this week. 

F:  I hope they're paying you the big bucks for all these works. 

M:  No,  not exactly,  I'm working for minimum wage,  and they don't give extra pay for overtime,  overtime is our own time. 

F:  What,  isn't there a law against that,  I think there is a legislation that requires employers to give their employees a fair rate of wages,  you should know your rights,  if you are putting in so many hours,  they should give you some kind of compensation. 

M:  They do give bonuses at the end of the year for the employees with highest productivity numbers,  but frankly,  it's not much than incentives,  they give us a bonus of ten dollars. 

F:  That's just wrong,  why don't you just quit?

M:  I would,  but I'm afraid I wouldn’t be able to find another job,  I don't have very many job marketable skills,  there aren't so many jobs that I'm qualified for. 

F:  it sounds like any job will be better than the one you have now!