Transcript

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Hello?

00:00:00 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Hey.

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How's it going?

00:00:04 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
So sorry for the delay.

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I'm the one who moved the meeting. You're all good.

00:00:11 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
It's just I run into that issue every time I have a call with Robin. She is so hard to get out of her shell. And then I finally crack her after, like, fifteen minutes into the meeting. And then in the end, it's so hard to end that meeting because she just keeps talking, and she's so into it. And then I I breaks my heart to to tell her I need to go.

00:00:39 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Is it just because she's awkward? I I actually don't know her that well. So

00:00:45 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
She's just very introverted, and I think overall just a very shy person. And she's very nerdy with numbers, which probably doesn't help. I don't think many people can can relate to that very well, or it might be hard to speak the same language with a lot of people if you think that way.

00:01:07 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Gotcha.

00:01:07 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
But then, I don't know. I feel like I I'm starting to get her out of that shell and then the meeting is over, but she just doesn't stop talking. So she did give me a run through Power BI Yeah. Because I just wanted to get a better understanding of what how we use it currently and what it can do possibly for us on the corporate metric side as a dashboard. But it looks very complicated. Not like that we can't do it. I just wonder if it's worth it for our purposes. But then I talked to Christine yesterday, and Matt even wants to do a

00:02:05 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Oh, Christine Richard. I was thinking Anderson. Okay.

00:02:07 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Yes. Christine Richard. But she said that Matt even wants to do a corporate dashboard workshop during the collab because he's still, like and, actually, that was something we had to laugh about. Like, he's always complaining that he's not having the right dashboards that tell him the right things. And Christine was going on and on about her thoughts and everything. And I was like, so what does he want on the dashboard? I mean, what what is he missing? And she was like, I don't think he knows, and this is why he wants to have that workshop so he has time to think about it. Which is not

00:02:52 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Classically true. Right? Like, I need you guys to all have a meeting so that I can think about what I want.

00:03:01 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Oh, yeah. How are you? Good.

00:03:05 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
I just sent you something that is gonna be completely overkill, and I know that. But you also know how I work, so you're not gonna be shocked. But we need to cover your topics first so that I don't monopolize our whole meeting. So

00:03:20 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Okay. I will not open it now, but we should be done fairly quickly. So we should have plenty of time for that.

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K.

00:03:29 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
I did open I hate working off my laptop. Biggest pain in the world. Do I need to share my screen, or do you have our tracking pay tracking thing open?

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I don't have it open, but I can get it open really quick.

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No. Let me share my screen. That's quicker.

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Okay.

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So just for today, I added three topics. So first and I know we discussed it in the past. I just don't really remember, and I struggle with that. We had a vehicle accident, I think, two weeks ago. Nothing major, but Michael Bouley was involved in a parking accident, and he basically backed out of his parking spot, and he bumped into another person's car. His vehicle isn't damaged at all, but the other person's vehicle had some scratches. So, of course, we he reported that to the insurance. And I know that our handbook says that they are responsible for paying the deductible. If they are responsible for that accident, in this case, would that be considered he is responsible for the accident? I mean, I know he is, but I feel like those things just kind of happen. I mean, we can't I don't think we can't we can expect them to bubble wrap the vehicles. And, yes, I don't wanna give them a a green pass on just doing whatever they want because they will never held they will never be held responsible for for for their actions. But, I mean, in those cases, I'm always so torn in between, and I I wanted to get your input on that.

00:05:34 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
I know. I'd have to go read the policy. How how did we word it? Is it it says if you're at fault, you have to pay or something?

00:05:41 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
I think so. Yeah. And, I mean, in this case, this would be the case. But yeah. I mean, I'm kinda feeling like

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it's it's an accident for a reason. Right? I mean, I think the intent there is is repeat offenders, basically, but how do you mitigate someone who's

00:06:05 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
I mean, we have made people pay that deductible. For example, Jason Lipnos, when his tractor rolled into his car, clearly his fault. Or there was another oh, yeah. Matt Matthew Kentley. He he opened his door in his driveway and just slammed it into a flower pot. I mean, those things are just really definitely their fault.

00:06:27 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Yeah. To me, this one's more of a driving accident. So I almost feel like we should cover it, but I but I'm also fine with sticking to the rule if that's gonna cause problems, if you think.

00:06:39 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Yeah. I think in the end, I hate to I hate to make that call, but I know that if we make exemptions, then where do you where do you where do you cross the line? You know?

00:06:54 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Yeah. Let me let me just pull it up. I wanna read my actual wording real quick. One second. Alright. Fleet programming book. I'm gonna have to search fault. The company will cover up to two deductibles per calendar year for accidents where the employee is not at fault. Any deductibles arising from at fault accidents will be the employee's responsibility as outlined in section thirteen one.

00:07:45 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Thirteen one. If you or your authorized driver are found at fault in an accident while driving a company vehicle, you are responsible for a 1,000 deductible for collision coverage. So, yeah, he definitely has to pay that. I guess that answers my question.

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Written. I there's not if I make an exception here, then I'd have to justify why did I exempt him.

00:08:10 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Yeah. No. I totally agree. I'm just too soft for this world. You know?

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I get it.

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Okay. That one was easy. This one is just a little bit FYI and a little bit kind of getting your approval. So we are working around the changes we need to make in repair in order to prep the repair facility for to move in.

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Yeah.

00:08:47 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
The container arrives on April 16, so they wanna start moving in April 17. We have now decided together with Pascal and Brett that Alicia and Brett will move back into the corner office. For that, repair is currently removing those shelves out of that office. We will then get that office cleaned. IT will add new data cables back there, and we will probably have two or three more outlets installed, which is not too pressing, but this will add to the bill. So they can actually work back there, and Brett is planning on using all the three d printers back there as well as he is overtaking the three d printers from Shaper. So there will be about four or five, if I understood that correctly. And then they will use the current repair office for the shaper repair facility, basically. But for that, we need to rip out the floor because we can't have wooden or I mean, I know this is not exact wooden floor, but it is not made for heavy equipment.

00:10:00 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Sure.

00:10:01 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
And it is not coming up to this, like, the the the fire code requirements for the repair facility either. So we need to rip that floor out. So as soon as we have the corner office empty and cleaned, they're gonna move back there, and then we are gonna need a company to come out, rip out the floor, seal the concrete underneath it. And depending on how much it's gonna cost, we will either have it look the same like the coating in the current repair facility, or it's just gonna be a standard

00:10:40 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Like, epoxy?

00:10:41 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Sealer. Yeah. Nothing crazy. And then that should be ready by April 16. A tenant has reached out to a few flooring companies. Quote is roughly between 2 to 3 k for ripping out the floor, sending down possible Clue or whatever. Mhmm. Exactly. And then putting like, sealing sealing the sealing the surface. And he actually just sent me the quote. They are estimating 1,800 for the entire job, which isn't bad at all in my opinion, and they can do it on a very short notice. We can't use Brian is on vacation two weeks out of that three weeks. So that's just too

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Today. Yeah.

00:11:48 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Yeah. Okay. So that's there. And then I don't know how much the cleaning of the offices will cost. I estimate around maximum 1,000. Let's see. And then there will probably be an additional 500 for the new outlets.

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Okay.

00:12:09 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Right. But that cover it.

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Just make sure when you put the invoices in, we mark them as sustainer systems. Maybe Shaper. Shaper, whatever. Yeah. Too many s. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

00:12:24 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
No. For sure. And I just talked to Shawn about an hour ago real quick, and I'm just gonna include those estimated costs in the investment form that he put together, and then we just work off those estimated costs.

00:12:44 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Perfect. That works.

00:12:45 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Okay. For you?

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That works.

00:12:48 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Awesome. I won't be there the week of so April 17 is a Friday, but I I will be in Germany that week. So I'm hoping we have everything done prior to that. But if not, Tanner is around, so I'm not too concerned.

00:13:04 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Yeah. It's his job anyway, really. So

00:13:07 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Yeah. That's true. He just

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I know. I know. We're not there yet. But

00:13:12 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Yeah. And he hasn't even heard about this all of that before Friday, and then I was like, yeah. And it's still a little, like, sensitive. I don't know. So but then I talked to a colleague from headquarter on Friday, and she was like, it's so odd. Like, over here, they say everybody who needs to know can just know, and it's not really a huge deal anymore. And I feel like over here, we're still, like, tiptoeing around each other and putting a a huge confidential on everybody's face. So

00:13:40 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Yeah.

00:13:40 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
That's very interesting.

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Doesn't make a lot of sense to me either, but I don't know. I my goal is I just tell people as I need to, and if I get fired for it, whatever. I keep begging to get fired, they won't do it. So

00:14:00 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Okay. And then this one is FYI, very interesting. So, obviously, Tomorrow is apparently a Rise OKR update, a quarterly update that I knew would happen, but I wasn't included in it. And I'm I'm totally fine with that because, to my knowledge, Clint is the owner of those OKRs, and it was Clint and Matt who have been invited to that. So yesterday, Clint put me into his office, and he was like, yeah. So do you know about the quarterly rise update tomorrow? And I was like, no. I don't know. And then he was like, well, you know, it's so interesting because they they make it a two hour call. The first ninety minutes are in German, and the last thirty minutes are in English. So everything that's supposed to be presented in English is at the end, which is German time, 0530. And the first 75 of the meeting will be in a language that they don't even understand, which I I find extremely rude, but I don't know. I I was like, okay. And then Clint was like, yeah. So I was wondering if you I mean, you you put all that in there and you're managing all that, and, I mean, you're responsible for that. So why why don't you present it? And I was like, you're the owner. Like, what what that's not my thing to do. And then he was like, yeah. But, you know, like, apparently, the entire group feels more comfortable to do, like, the things in German, and then you could do it in German. And I was like, I'm not gonna present them in German if you and Matt are not even gonna understand what I say. And he was like, yeah. But then if they have questions, we would be there to back you up. And I was like, yeah. But you you won't even know what I what I said because if I say it in German, like, it's still the same issue. And somehow, obviously, now I am presenting those things

00:16:13 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
There's a lot.

00:16:13 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Which I Mhmm.

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It's like

00:16:15 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
I just I I I mean, it's not a huge I don't care. I really don't care. But I I am not the owner of all those actions, and I feel like Clint doesn't wanna be the owner anymore. I don't know. So it is just super strange. So he was like, yeah. And, I mean, you know much more about, like, all the backgrounds, and then you can share much more about, like, all the things that go on and the projects and the initiatives. And I was like, no. I don't. Yes. I worked through those with every department, but in the end, no. I don't. So what am I supposed to say? Oh my gosh. And now I have this two hour meeting in my calendar tomorrow, and the group is very interesting. So let's What

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kind of people is it?

00:17:13 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Basically, all the leaders in Germany, Wolfgang, Burgett, all the like, Michelle, the operations lead.

00:17:26 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Mhmm.

00:17:27 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Jorg Wilder, development lead, like, all the all the big animals, and I really don't feel like I belong there. So it's gonna be very interesting, especially now that I am talking to my mother language peers in English, which is just gonna be terrible, to be honest.

00:17:51 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
I mean, don't get me wrong. I I love for you that the exposure and things, but, yeah, what it's putting you in kind of weird position.

00:18:00 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
And then it's like it like, how weird is that? So, like, I am I am the PA system, and then Matt and Clint are just kind of participating? Or, like, I I I just find this super weird. So I just wanted to keep you in the loop. If you see me crying tomorrow after lunch, this is why that happened. So

00:18:23 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
I'm sorry. You kinda it's the gift that keeps giving. I'm terrible at this with you. I give you a new job, and I tell you how great it's gonna be, and then it turns into just like fleet.

00:18:33 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
See, I I I don't care about the presenting part. I just don't think I should do it. I I I don't think this is It seems you my responsibility, but whatever. I don't know. I think it's weird that they do ninety minutes of that meeting in German even though they put Boost America on their Rise strategy, but they specifically exclude non German speakers from that call and say, well, North America can join the last thirty minutes, and we're just gonna do that in English. And I'm just like, what's the purpose of them joining the last thirty minutes if they are only there to present, but then they're gonna miss, like, all the information in the beginning, and they're gonna talk about Rise updates, and they're gonna talk about the dashboard and the balanced scorecard and the KPI updates. So all of those pretty important information, they don't even get because it's in German. And, yes, of course, they can turn on the captions and everything in Teams, but it's not the same. They're not gonna be participating the same way like all the others. So this made me so furious yesterday, and Clint was like, nah. That's fine. I mean, what am I I can't say anything. I only speak one language. And I was like, that's that's not the point here. Like, not at all. So

00:19:51 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Yeah. I think that's the problem for me is it's like the and I've said this before. If the company really wants to be a global company, at some point, they have to start acting like it.

00:20:03 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
And that's what they communicated a few years ago. They said that the language we wanna speak is English, and they implemented English courses again and all of that. So, yeah, it's I I don't know. Whatever.

00:20:21 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Yeah. At end of the day, we clearly trust you. That's not my concern. My concern is just it's weird, but whatever.

00:20:28 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
It is so weird. Okay. Other in progress topics, April travel planning. I guess this is not happening. Right? So

00:20:37 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
I guess not. I we're kinda going back and forth, but IT's blocking it.

00:20:42 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
So Okay.

00:20:45 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Not not our IT, the other side. I get more about this whole fiasco.

00:20:55 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Office remodel update, we are still waiting for the quote from Compass. Tanner actually followed up today, so we hopefully get that moving. I don't have an update on that other than that. And then, yeah, Spanish class is still in progress.

00:21:09 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Yeah. Spanish class is on me. I just need to make it a priority, and I just haven't lately.

00:21:16 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Okay.

00:21:18 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
Cool. Well, anything else you can think of that you wanna talk about?

00:21:24 - [VERA_RODEHUTSCORD]
Nope.

00:21:26 - [SCOTT_WARNER]
So tell me, I guess