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David Brent:
I gave a speech only this morning to my staff assuring them that there would not be cutbacks at this branch and there certainly wouldn't be redundancies, so... Jennifer Taylor-Clark:
Well, why on Earth would you do that? David Brent:
Why? Oh, don't know. A little word I think's important in management called morale. Jennifer Taylor-Clark:
Well, surely it's going to be worse for morale in the long run when there ARE redundancies and you've told people that there won't be. [pause] David Brent:
They won't remember
I gave a speech only this morning to my staff assuring them that there would not be cutbacks at this branch and there certainly wouldn't be redundancies, so... Jennifer Taylor-Clark:
Well, why on Earth would you do that? David Brent:
Why? Oh, don't know. A little word I think's important in management called morale. Jennifer Taylor-Clark:
Well, surely it's going to be worse for morale in the long run when there ARE redundancies and you've told people that there won't be. [pause] David Brent:
They won't remember
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I gave a speech only this morning to my staff
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assuring them there would not be cutbacks in this branch
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and that there certainly wouldn't be redundancies so
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Why on earth would you do that Why Oh don't know
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A little word that I think is important in management called morale
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Well surely it's going to be worse for morale in the long run
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when there are redundancies and you've told people there won't be
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They won't remember
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Movie Summary
The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.

