2-4. Thursday: Employee Training
Fay: Today we go over thetraining programme which you will follow for the next three months, Tom.
Tom: Well, Ms. Chang, I’mlooking forward to that. I hope my probation goes well.
F: So do we. It’s rare thata new employee doesn’t make the probation through, so don’t worry about it.
T: Thanks. Will I beleaning new languages?
F: No, employee trainingduring probation is to get you used to how the company operates. After you passprobation, you can apply to Human Resources for a course.
T: I heard that if I passsuch a course, my tuition (/tʊ'ɪʃən/, 学费) will be refunded (退款, 归还).
F: Yes, we encourage ouremployees to continue upgrading.
T: So how am I trainedduring probation?
F: First, every Fridaymorning for a month, the system administrator Donna Wu will teach you how ourinternal hardware and software link up.
T: Why do I need to learnthis?
F: So everyone can help ifthe system fails. Also, it makes sure that you won’t do something to make itfail.
T: A good idea, Ms. Chang.So will I learn all of our customized applications?
F: That’s the second step.The second month, every Friday morning one of the application researchers anddevelopers will walk you through each application we have.
T: Are there many to learn?
F: Many. Accounting,mostly. This is to make you record your activities properly. The third month,one of our own senior programmers will familiarize you with all our projects.
T: Even the ones that arenot finished?
F: Yes, you need to learnwhen each code is used and why.
T: So if I get anassignment similar to the previous one, I can pull it out and use it as atemplate?
F: Exactly!