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A: How’s your company going?
B: Not bad, but at the beginning of the year it didn’t run so well.
A: What about its future?
B:I’m very optimistic that things will continue to turn for the better. I’m pretty certain that our output will continue.
A: Tom, I’ve heard that your company has very generous fringe benefit policies. Is that true?
B:That’s the truth. But you know many foreign-invested companies have that, not only our company.
A:Well, we have health insurance, endowment insurance, transportation allowances, luncheon allowances, and subsidized housing.
B:Oh, so many. By subsidized housing, do you mean that the company will assist the employees in purchasing a house?
A:Yes. In our company, housing allowances take the form of dormitory facilities for single employees and apartment facilities for married employees. Of course, rental fees for such housing are much below the market prices.
B:The main fringe benefit is the bonus, isn’t it?
A:You can see ti that way. But nowadays many people regard it as a form of salary. Some companies have made bonuses rather rigid in amounts and terms, so a lot of people say that bonus is a salary extension.
B:What about the bonus in your company?
A:We always get some bonuses every month.
B:That sounds attractive. I wish I were an employee in your company.