The company’s Christmas party was a joint venture among the planning department, administrative department and public relations department. The initial proposal was done by the planning and administrative department while the public relations department handled the communications. Execution was done by the administrative and public relations department after the plan was firm.
It was a middle-sized event that aimed to uplift the company’s image and reward its employees.
When Manager Hayley returned to the planning department, she got the assistant manager to bring her Monique’s submitted proposal.
She read through the work and concluded that it was an above average submission for a newcomer.
Manager Hayley still found it odd that a newcomer was involved in proposal-writing right off the bat.
“Who was Monique tailing?” she asked.
Assistant Manager Walt replied, “Amelia.”
“Amelia arranged for her to write up this proposal?”
The man frowned. ‘Was there an issue?’
“I assigned it to Monique.”
“Why? She’s a newcomer who has zero experience. Why did you task her with this?” Manager Haley asked.
Assistant Manager Walt scratched his head and answered, “Knowing her status, it puts me in a difficult spot when it comes to assignments. She requested to learn so I arranged this for her. I can’t just tell her to waste her time doing trivial things, more so after her promotion.”
“What? Why was I not informed about a promotion?” A scowl appeared on Manager Hayley’s face.
“Mandy delivered the news herself?” Manager Hayley gave the man a probing look.
He nodded and said, “She delivered a bouquet of flowers for Monique and came to your office but you were in the meeting.”
Manager Hayley frowned.
Assistant Manager Walt leaned in and said conspiratorially, “You saw the bouquet on her table? She’s just passing through our department. Won’t be long before she becomes the chairman’s wife.”
Manager Hayley’s grip on her pen tightened as she recalled the chairman's praise. However, the assistant manager’s words made sense. “Tell everyone to get ready for a briefing in the meeting room. Ten minutes.”
“Understood!” Assistant Manager Walt left her office.
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