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6.2 Manuel Orriz is the founder of a Spanish Computer sales company. Use the words in B and D opposite to complete what he says about it.

I founded Computadoras Creativas 20 years ago. We started with a smali (1) 0 Jjj l^in Madrid. Our (2) tą & ę.1 O^KJL, our (3)\V£JF&^B^£!!ł!Z. is still here, but now we have sites all over Spain, with about 500 employees. Many of the offices are (4)    * - 0 everyone works together, fr^rnjianagers to

(5)5r    C    as well as people selling over theffiione. and

people in technical (6)    OOfjgiving help to ciisromprs nver rhe phone.

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Think about the company you work for or one you would like to work for.

Where is its head office? How many sites does the company have? How many employees? Is itbetter to have everyone on one site or to have different sites with different activities? Do people have their own offices or are there open-plan offices?

Which type do you / would you prefer to work in?

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Business Yocabulary in Use

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