我们组的所有人都知道 小陶的业绩是垫底的
“Everyone in our team knows Tao's performance was the worst.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Chen from Keruina owes me a favor.”
我们组的 所有人都知道 小陶的业绩是 垫底 的
“Everyone in our team knows Tao's performance was the worst.”
“If I hadn't fired her, others would have complained.”
“I'm not being cruel; her terrible numbers made firing her the only justifiable choice.”
Invoking 'everyone knows' (所有人都知道) is a pragmatic tactic in Chinese workplaces to present a controversial decision as an objective consensus.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
performance / sales track record
The primary quantitative metric used to assess corporate employees.
to be at the bottom / bring up the rear
A vivid colloquial term indicating ranking dead last in a competition or evaluation.
Placed at the end of the clause to assert strong certainty and objective factuality.