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Case 1:03-cv-02485-MSK-PAC

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Kevin Block 1/19/2006 Camile Melonakis-Kurz, et al. v. Heartland Home Finance, Inc.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

5 CAMI LLE MELONAKI S - KURZ,

6 Individually and on behalf of

7 other similarly situated
8 employees,
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9 Plaintiff,
vs.
Case No. 03-MK-2485

11 Hon. Marcia S. Kreiger
12 HEARTLAND HOME FINANCE, INC.,

13 Defendant.
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The Videotaped Deposi tion of KEVIN BLOCK,

Taken at 1515 Michigan Avenue, Northeast,
Grand Rapids, Michigan,
Co mm en c i n gat 3: 1 3 p. m . ,

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Thursday, January 19, 2006,

Before Rebecca J. Callow, CSR-5228, RPR.

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Case 1:03-cv-02485-MSK-PAC

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Kevin Block 1/19/2006 Camille Melonakis-Kurz, et al. v. Heartland Home Finance, Inc.

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A.

There were some that would leave.

You know, if I

would leave early, as soon as my loan officers knew I
was leaving, they be out the door five minutes later.
I mean, that's
I used to be an 10.
I was lazy.

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wouldn't stick around.

My boss left and I knew I

could get away wi th it, I'd leave too.

You know, I

was guilty of it too.

So there were -- what I've learned in all of
these years of wri ting loans and being a manager you

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can find maybe -- out of an office of ten you might be

able to find three really good loan officers that can
operate on their own without necessarily having to be

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managed and having the motivation to make the money

themselves.
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But you indicated as well that they could do that and
make money

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A.
Q.

Yeah.
-- in a 40-hour week or less?

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Oh, yeah.

Right now I make very good money and I

might 20 to 25 hours a week.
Q.

Was Ellamae' s other

the other day, was that also

for church related? A.
Church or her children.

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It was typically something in

regard to the that.
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And you said the other manager in your area, was that

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