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FILENAME:	4831_1165_1697
TOPIC#:		345
DATE:		920426
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
UTT_CODER:	lsh
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	3
REMARKS:        None.

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sv          A.1 utt1:  <Throat_clearing> {D See, } [ wh-, + when ] you're with a big company or a big organization, a lot of times, {F uh, } {D you know, } the benefits are good  /
sd          A.1 utt2: [ {C and, }  + {C and, } ] {D you know, } the pay is regular  /
sv          A.1 utt3: {C but, }  {F uh, } {D you know, } sometimes you don't get tuned in to what's going on.   /
sv           A.1 utt4: {C And } [ I, + I ] think the biggest benefit or the biggest benefit other than wages [ [ that, + that, ] + {F uh, } that ] anybody could get [ in, + in ] dealing with a large company is to be in a situation where [ you, + you ] get to know what's going on.   /
sv          A.1 utt5: {C And } maybe [ that's, + that's ] probably the toughest thing in the whole world  [ to, + to ] do. /
qo          A.1 utt6: [ What's, + what's ] your feeling about benefits?  /
qw          A.1 utt7:  What sort of benefits would you like to get from a big company. /  

sd           @B.2 utt1:  <Hum> <talking> {D Well, } since I'm kind of on [ the, + the ] older side, {D you know, } [ [ I, + I, ] + I ] just feel like, {F uh, } when I start talking about benefits, [ I talk about, + I'm concerned about ] medical benefits <noise>.  /
sd          @B.2 utt2:  {F Uh, } [ my, + {F uh, } my  ] husband works for McDonald Douglas  /
sd          @B.2 utt3: {C and so } [ his benefits, + his medical benefits ] are so  excellent, {D you know, }  /
sd          @B.2 utt4: that's really great. /  

b          A.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.4 utt1:  {D You know, } I work for, {F uh, } [ Wes-, +  a bank, Western Financial. ] /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } they don't let me know really about anything that's going on.  /
sd          B.6 utt2: Even some of the immediate things that I need to know, I don't know it until the next hour  /
sd          B.6 utt3: {C and } all of a sudden we know we've got changes made.  /
sd          B.6 utt4:  We're changing departments.  /
sd          B.6 utt5:  We're changing policies.  /
sd          B.6 utt6:  We're changing doing other kinds of things.   Which to me [ is, + is ] disturbing <lipsmack>.   /
sd          B.6 utt7: {E I mean, } I feel like if, [ I, + I ] don't necessarily need to, {F uh, } be involved since I'm pretty much on a low level,  /
sv          B.6 utt8: [ you are, + you are ] right there.  /
sd          B.6 utt9:  {D You know, } I'm pretty much on a low level as far as, {F uh, } the company is concerned.   /
sd          B.6 utt10: {C But } [ I, + I ] do kind of like  to know what's going on  and what's happening  /
sd          B.6 utt11: {C and } I think I can be a better and  more effective employee # [ if, + if ] I  # --   

%          A.7 utt1:  # {D Well, }  th-, - /
sd          A.7 utt2: [ [ I + # --   

+          B.8 utt1:  -- had a little bit more information # along that line. # /  

+          A.9 utt1:  -- # I ] + (( {D well } ))  # I ] work for the government  /
sd          A.9 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, } actually I work for the F B I. /  

ba          B.10 utt1:  {F Oh, } my gosh. /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C and so, } ] {D you know, } [ [ we, +  we ] don't,  + there's lots of things that we don't ] get told. For good reason.  /
sd          A.11 utt2:  [ {C But, } + {F uh, } {C but } ] basically, {F uh, } there's lots of things [ that, + that ] we should know about projects.  /
sd          A.11 utt3: I'm an engineer.  # {D You know. } # /  

b          B.12 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  [ I'm, + I'm ] a COTR.   /
%          A.13 utt2:  {C And } sometim-, - /
sd          A.13 utt3: {C and } [ I, + I  ] worked in the same lab with a guy  /
sd          A.13 utt4: {C and } we didn't really know that much about each other's projects for two years.  /
sd          A.13 utt5: {C And } we should have,  /
sd          A.13 utt6: {D you know, } [ we're, + we're ] now collaborating. /  

%          B.14 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

%          A.15 utt1:  <Laughter> # {C And }  ((   ))  # -- -/  

%          B.16 utt1:  #  ((  {C And } [ it, + it ] )) , # -/  

sd          A.17 utt1:  -- for two years we didn't.   [ And, we, + ] which was [ a, + ] kind of stupid.   /
sd          A.17 utt2: [ {C But, } + {F uh, } {C but } ] our organization is doing something else [ t-, + ] on Monday.  /
sd          A.17 utt3:  {F Uh, } [ we're having a, + for all unclassified programs, [ we're, + we're ] having ] little tables put up in front of  ((   ))  lab in the hallways  /
sd          A.17 utt4: {C and } [ every, + all ] the other employees are going to come around and see what sort of things we do.  Which I thought was kind of interesting  [ [ {C and, } +   

aa          B.18 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.18 utt2: that is interesting. /  

+          A.19 utt1:   {C But, } ] + {F uh, } {C but  } ] [ that, + that ] [ sort, + sort ] of thing. -/  

x          B.20 utt1:  <Noise>.   

sv          A.21 utt1:  {C But, }  [ if you, + I think you ] can tolerate a lot of problems if you understand what's going on. /  

aa          B.22 utt1:  Exactly. /  

sd           A.23 utt1:  [ [ {C And, } + {C and, } ] +  {C but } ] of course [ most time, + most of the time ] management has a hard time distributing or getting the word out to the people who must know.   /
sd          A.23 utt2: {C And, } {D you know, } if you don't really count.  If you're not part of the program you might not get told for months.   /
sd          A.23 utt3: {C Or } you might, {D you know, } if it doesn't impact you directly.   Or if your management doesn't think that. - /
sd          A.23 utt4: [ {C But, } + {C but } ] regard to benefits. {D You know, } [ most companies have, + most big organizations have ] decent, {D you know, } benefits like retirement and that sort of thing.  /
sv          A.23 utt5:  In the private sector I would think that one of the major, {F uh, } situations, especially when you reach, {D you know, } [ the, + the  ] mid-fifties, [ wa-, + is ] <swallowing> keeping a job until you retire. /  

%          B.24 utt1: A-, - /
b          B.24 utt2: right. /  

sv          A.25 utt1:  {C And } engineers [ are, + {F uh, } <throat_clearing> are ] baggage   [ to most, + ] {F uh, } {F uh, } as they get older, [ to, + to  ] most companies.  /
sv          A.25 utt2:  {C And, }  {F uh, } it's very much like the military,  /
sv          A.25 utt3: it windows out.  /
sv(^q)       A.25 utt4:  {D You know, } [ you, + you ] think {D well, } boy, I'm getting more money  /
^q          A.25 utt5: {C and } I'm getting more responsibility,  /
^q          A.25 utt6: I'm doing this.  /
sv          A.25 utt7:  {C But } as you climb up that tree, pretty soon [ you're, + ] [ the, + the ] branches get smaller on the top of the tree -- /  

b          B.26 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.27 utt1:  -- {C and } pretty soon somebody falls off.  /
sd          A.27 utt2:  [ I, + I've ] fallen off twice in the private sector. /  

%          B.28 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {F uh, } <laughter> {C and, } ]  # {D you know, } I can get up, # /  

aa          B.30 utt1:  # I know.  /
sv          B.30 utt2: # [ It, + it ] seems to [ be, + be ] [ kind of, + kind of ] scary, {D you know. }  Because you think of, - /
sd          B.30 utt3: {F uh, } {D see } my son's eighteen right now  /
sd          B.30 utt4: {C and } [ [ he, + he's, ] +  {F uh, } <sigh> he ] wants to go into engineering.   /
sd          B.30 utt5: {C And } [ [ the, + the, ] + the ] branches of engineering that he wants to go into is now kind of open  /
sd          B.30 utt6: {C and } he's interested in, basically, three different areas.   /
sd          B.30 utt7: {C But, }  {F uh, } it's difficult for me to try to give him any kind of advice or to advise him or anything like that.  /
sd          B.30 utt8:  He needs to do his own course of investigation [ and, + and ] see what he can do because who knows what's going to happen in another thirty years. /  

b          A.31 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          A.31 utt2:  # Yeah. # /  

sv          B.32 utt1:  # {C And } # in thirty years it becomes pretty critical.  /
sd          B.32 utt2:  {E I mean, } my, {F uh, } brother-in-law [ is like, + {F uh, } {E I mean } he's ] sixty.  /
sd          B.32 utt3:  He's not ready to retire  /
sd          B.32 utt4: {C but } his company [ [ is, + is, ] + {F uh, } is, ] {F uh, } closing up. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.34 utt1:  {C And } because of the defense cutbacks and all that kind of stuff.  And all the nuclear and stuff which is [ what he, + what he ] was working on.  He's getting cut back #  /
sd^r          B.34 utt2: {C and } he's not ready to retire </hum> </talking>. # /  

b          A.35 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
bf          A.35 utt2: he may be retired. # / 
