Reiner seemed deep in thought for a brief moment before he sighed loudly.
“That’s what I’ve figured out as well. The harder part is how to solve it,” Reiner muttered as he frowned as if deep in thought.
“Something like making sure that people are put into the right teams with other people that are compatible to them?” I suggested, based on what Charles had told me.
“Not bad. And how should we start doing that?” Reiner asked as he looked pointedly at me.
“Umm…the agent’s profile?” I guessed.
“Correct,” Reiner said as he turned to gesture to the large pile of document with a swipe of his hand.
Great. We’re going to have to go through that?!
“Isn’t there like an electronic form for the agent’s profile. I mean, in this digital day and age…” I asked, hopefully.
It would be faster if we have everything in digital form, then processing the data, finding trends, or arranging everything would just be so much easier.
Reiner shook his head at me with a regretful look on his face. My mouth hung even wider open at the work cut out for us. If rummaging through physical paper was the only way to do this, then I wasn’t surprised why Reiner seemed so busy and why he had been working until late at night at the office. This work is not a piece of cake at all.
“Are you serious?” I whispered in disbelief.
“Newer data are in the digital database, but profiles of older agents are all on paper,” Reiner replied.
“Umm…I have a suggestion,” I mumbled.
“Out with it,” Reiner said as he leaned back against the back of his large chair.
“Let’s input the data that we need into a computer and then we can process it from there. It’ll take time upfront to input all the data but after that it’ll be easier for us to sift through and analyze it for trends,” I suggested.
“I don’t think it’s a bad idea but…how long will it take to input all of this data in?” Reiner asked.
“Can we go with a sample of people first? Maybe like a couple of teams or groups of people just so we can figure out how to analyze the data. If looking for trends this way is useful, we can input more data into the system,” I recommended.
“Ok…” Reiner readily agreed.
He’s listening to me more and more now. It was a great thing, but I also found it surprising. Regardless, it was a blessing that we could work together. Finally.
“I’ll do it. The first lot of inputs, I’ll do it,” I stated firmly.
“You will?” Reiner asked in surprised.
Honestly, I couldn’t quite understand why he was so surprised at my suggestion.
“Of course, I will. Who else will do it? I’m your secretary…so…” I replied.
Before Reiner could say anything, I took out my phone and sent a short message to Kat telling her that I can’t help her out at the bar today. I prayed that it wouldn’t be a busy night at the bar because I couldn’t go in to help out with the work that I’ve just carved out for myself. If I’m lucky, I’ll probably be done at around 3AM to get a big enough sample size. If I’m unlucky, then I’ll probably be here till morning.
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