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in terms of coming to me and like having a conversation of you know “She’s doing this or she’s having this problem”.. .no.
Det. Sudler:
Was. . .was Lisa approached about her.. .you know...
drop in productivity?
Slaughter:
Oh sure.. .you know. It’s like in terms of. .you know...
you have to make a certain amount of phone calls and things like that. So from that viewpoint. . .yeah.
Det. Sudler:
So there’s a goal.. .there’s a...
Slaughter:
Oh.. absolutely.
Det. Sudler:
A monthly goal or whatever. . .quarterly. . .that she has
to meet and she wasn’t meeting those.. .okay. Was this suggested to her to take off time or this was her own...?
Slaughter:
No. As far as I’m concerned, it’s just. . .you know...
get sales back up.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Slaughter:
If that’s possible.
Det. Sudler:
Was this a vacation leave.. .paid. .
Slaughter:
, Well, sales people are on straight commission.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Slaughter:
So what they sell they get paid for. So...
Det. Sudler:
Okay. Did she accrue any vacation time or anything’
like that or sick time?’
Slaughter:
• • Well, the sales people don’t really have like a paid
vacation. They can take vacation when they want to take vacation. ‘ ‘
Dét. Sudler:
Airight. So this was something that. . .you know...
she’d have to financially. . .you know. . .bear the brunt of it. It wasn’t anything like...
Slaughter:
Well, their sales continue.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. Even when...
Slaughter:
We have publications, so it’s like sold. It may be

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