‘Everyone is waiting for you in the conference room.’
‘Excellent, just want I want to hear. Could you bring me a coffee, please?’
‘Yes, Miss Hutton.’
Faith walked past her office and headed straight for the meeting room. The moment she stepped inside, there was a loud cheer. She laughed and took a bow.
‘Thank you everyone, you really should give yourselves a round of applause too. You’ve done an excellent job!’ She sat at the head of the table. ‘It looks like everyone will get a bonus this Christmas!’
There were happy sounds all around the room.
‘I just want to say thank you to all of you. Without you, Hutton’s would not exist. So it’s lunch on me today!’
There were more cheers.
‘Anyway, let’s get down to business. This is the beginning guys.’ She looked around the room. ‘The work has just begun.’
They nodded.
‘We’ve landed ourselves the biggest contract yet in West Yorkshire. We’ll be building one of the biggest shopping centres in this county.’ Goosebumps patterned her arm as she said it. ‘Yes, this is huge. We’ve won this contract and we have to kick ass.’
They nodded.
‘Okay team, let’s get started. We know our deadlines, we know who’s doing what. It’s work, work work! Noah, give us the run down of the steps forward.’
Noah her right hand man stood up, the lights dimmed and he started the PowerPoint. Everyone concentrated in front of them. There were the plans, the builders, the management of contracts. There were teams of architects, designers, business managers, accountants, admin staff and many more. Faith looked around the room a moment and took it all in. Every single person worked for her company. She’d built it from scratch, hard work and guts! Nothing had been handed to her, and she was proud of it, even if some people claimed that her good looks had contributed to her success. Faith knew that wasn’t true!
Questions were asked, problems were solved. Teams came together and agreed and sometimes disagreed on the way forward. The cups of coffee multiplied. She’d missed breakfast because she’d been so engrossed in the discussion. She knew that once they’d won this contract, it would be non stop work from that point forward. It was something she enjoyed, there was a buzz to it all, and it made her feel on top of the world.
Five hours later the meeting was over. It had been a long, but productive meeting that would take them to greater heights.
‘Okay people, this is it, go and kick ass.’
They cheered and the group dispersed.
‘Daniella, could you stay behind a moment,’ she told the young assistant.
‘Yes, of course.’ She waited until everyone had shuffled out.
‘Shut the door please.’ Faith stayed where she was.
Daniella shut the door.
‘Please, have a seat,’ said Faith.
She took a seat.
‘When I hired you, I saw something in you that I saw in myself when I started this company.’
Daniella nodded.
‘You’ve disappointed me.’
Daniella was taken aback.
‘I hired you to work your way to the top, not fuck your way to the top.’
Her face flushed.
‘I know everything that goes on in my company. You can’t fuck my senior staff and expect me not to know about it.’
Her white face turned strawberry red.
‘This isn’t a game, Daniella. I hired you because you had the brains, not because you were a pretty face.’ She leaned forward and looked the girl in the eye. ‘You’re smart, you were goal orientated when I first hired you, but now…’ She leaned back. ‘You want to work your way to the top sleeping around.’
‘No, Miss Hutton.’
‘I like you,’ she said. ‘You’re smart. This is a mans world, you need to play by their rules, just harder. Do you understand that?’
‘Yes, yes I do.’
‘You can only skate on your good looks for so long, but soon, you’ll lose the respect. Don’t be that girl! Be the woman I hired you to be. Use your mind to break down walls and to climb to the
‘Excellent, just want I want to hear. Could you bring me a coffee, please?’
‘Yes, Miss Hutton.’
Faith walked past her office and headed straight for the meeting room. The moment she stepped inside, there was a loud cheer. She laughed and took a bow.
‘Thank you everyone, you really should give yourselves a round of applause too. You’ve done an excellent job!’ She sat at the head of the table. ‘It looks like everyone will get a bonus this Christmas!’
There were happy sounds all around the room.
‘I just want to say thank you to all of you. Without you, Hutton’s would not exist. So it’s lunch on me today!’
There were more cheers.
‘Anyway, let’s get down to business. This is the beginning guys.’ She looked around the room. ‘The work has just begun.’
They nodded.
‘We’ve landed ourselves the biggest contract yet in West Yorkshire. We’ll be building one of the biggest shopping centres in this county.’ Goosebumps patterned her arm as she said it. ‘Yes, this is huge. We’ve won this contract and we have to kick ass.’
They nodded.
‘Okay team, let’s get started. We know our deadlines, we know who’s doing what. It’s work, work work! Noah, give us the run down of the steps forward.’
Noah her right hand man stood up, the lights dimmed and he started the PowerPoint. Everyone concentrated in front of them. There were the plans, the builders, the management of contracts. There were teams of architects, designers, business managers, accountants, admin staff and many more. Faith looked around the room a moment and took it all in. Every single person worked for her company. She’d built it from scratch, hard work and guts! Nothing had been handed to her, and she was proud of it, even if some people claimed that her good looks had contributed to her success. Faith knew that wasn’t true!
Questions were asked, problems were solved. Teams came together and agreed and sometimes disagreed on the way forward. The cups of coffee multiplied. She’d missed breakfast because she’d been so engrossed in the discussion. She knew that once they’d won this contract, it would be non stop work from that point forward. It was something she enjoyed, there was a buzz to it all, and it made her feel on top of the world.
Five hours later the meeting was over. It had been a long, but productive meeting that would take them to greater heights.
‘Okay people, this is it, go and kick ass.’
They cheered and the group dispersed.
‘Daniella, could you stay behind a moment,’ she told the young assistant.
‘Yes, of course.’ She waited until everyone had shuffled out.
‘Shut the door please.’ Faith stayed where she was.
Daniella shut the door.
‘Please, have a seat,’ said Faith.
She took a seat.
‘When I hired you, I saw something in you that I saw in myself when I started this company.’
Daniella nodded.
‘You’ve disappointed me.’
Daniella was taken aback.
‘I hired you to work your way to the top, not fuck your way to the top.’
Her face flushed.
‘I know everything that goes on in my company. You can’t fuck my senior staff and expect me not to know about it.’
Her white face turned strawberry red.
‘This isn’t a game, Daniella. I hired you because you had the brains, not because you were a pretty face.’ She leaned forward and looked the girl in the eye. ‘You’re smart, you were goal orientated when I first hired you, but now…’ She leaned back. ‘You want to work your way to the top sleeping around.’
‘No, Miss Hutton.’
‘I like you,’ she said. ‘You’re smart. This is a mans world, you need to play by their rules, just harder. Do you understand that?’
‘Yes, yes I do.’
‘You can only skate on your good looks for so long, but soon, you’ll lose the respect. Don’t be that girl! Be the woman I hired you to be. Use your mind to break down walls and to climb to the
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