予算策定会議
来期の部門予算をめぐる部門長同士の話し合い(上級)
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Let's start with the headline number. Finance is asking every department to trim ten percent from next year's budget.
Ten percent is tough. Where do you see the most flexibility?
Honestly, the software licensing line is the easiest to cut without touching headcount.
Agreed, we've been overpaying for a couple of tools nobody uses regularly.
If we consolidate those, I think we can get to about six percent without much pain.
That leaves four percent. Are we willing to freeze the contractor budget instead of cutting staff?
I'd rather do that than touch headcount. Let's model both scenarios and bring them to finance Friday.
重要単語・難しい単語
trim
(予算などを)削減する
headcount
人員数
consolidate
統合する
freeze
(予算などを)凍結する
理解度テスト
音声を聞いてから挑戦してみましょう。全3問。
Q1. What percentage cut is finance asking for?
Q2. What is the easiest area to cut, according to speaker A?
Q3. What do they propose instead of cutting headcount?