to get down to business

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast Number 162, “Training a New Employee.” You are listening to English as a Second Language Podcast Episode 162. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in the beautiful Los Angeles, California.

This podcast is going to be about someone training a new worker, or a new employee. Let’s go!

Even though, I’ve only been on the job for six months, my manager asked me to train the new hire. She was starting today and when she arrived, we got down to business.

Akira: So, the first thing I’ll do is to give you a run down of the duties of the job. Your main responsibilities will be to ensure that the reports are finished each week, make any adjustments that need to be made, and distribute them to each department. Is that clear so far?

Frances: Sure. That seems pretty straightforward. Who do I report to?

Akira: Your immediate supervisor is Ida Funck. We all work under her in this department. Okay, here’s the employee manual. Make sure you read it.

Frances: Great.