Adultery A Paragon of Virtue by arya007

[sarit11]

"Are you all packed, or do you need me to help with something?", Mark inquired of his wife, Denise.
"I'm essentially packed. I'll be done in a few more minutes. I don't see any reason to pack any more stuff than necessary."

"Well, we'll be gone for over a week counting the flight time there and back. So be certain you pack whatever you'll need. We certainly don't want to spend time having to wash clothes or shop."
"A week", Louise reflected. "You know, that's really ridiculous. Why in the world does the corporation need a week to evaluate the candidates? All of you have been with the company over 10 years or so. If they haven't been able to evaluate you in 10 years, how do they think they will be able to do it a week. Hell, it's not even a week at work. We're going to be on vacation in the Cayman Islands and they think they can evaluate your ability there? Frankly, they sound like morons to me."

"Well, I think the point is not really for them to evaluate the candidates themselves. As you point out, they already know almost everything they might need to need to know about our professional ability. My guess is that the point is primarily to allow them to evaluate the spouses. They know very little about all of you. I could be wrong, but that's my guess."
"I'm not at all certain that I have any interest in having them "evaluate" me." my wife replied. Her response came as no surprise to me.

"Well, you have a point. I do know that this has been standard practice when advancement to the level of associate vice-president is involved. They started this when the corporation was first formed and have never deviated from it. So it's nothing unusual. And I hope you won't tell them that you think they are all morons."
"What about advancements to even higher levels? Like say vice-presidents, executive vice-president, and even CEO? Do they take all the candidates and their spouses to the Cayman Islands for that too?"

"No, they don't. The essential, difficult advancement is to associate vice-presidential level. All higher appointments are automatically made from that level, never from the outside or any other level. So moving to associate VP level is the gateway to the top management positions. Therefore, they are extremely careful."
Tell me again who's going to be there", Louise asked.