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Oh, it was pretty good thanks.

Carol, she's my line manager, Carol，

seemed to know me better than I knew myself,

and she really helped me to identify strengths and weaknesses I didn't know I had.

I'd thought we were just going to talk about practical things,

like what my prospects are for promotion,

rather than my psychology.

Do you want a promotion?

I thought you'd chosen to go down a grade when you took this job.

That's right. I used to manage a sales team.

It meant working long hours,

and it could be pretty difficult at times,

though on the whole I enjoyed the challenge.

But it kept me at a distance from customers

and I wanted to go back to that.

So here I am, a sales rep again.

I'd be interested in promotion

if it didn't stop me doing the fun parts of the job.

How have people reacted to your taking a step down?

Most of the people in my last company found it strange,

but in fact a couple of them thought about changing to this company too,

though it didn't come to anything.

These seems to be a rumour going around

that I'll be looking for something better soon,

but actually I'm pretty happy here.