what does "alone" mean here?
Well yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I
implement policies and procedures nationwide of
various departments as well as train Junior Man-
agers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have
to oversee daily operations of quality control for
the entire East Coast. That alone means I have
ﬁfteen hundred employees under me!in the last sentence.

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what does "alone" mean here?
Well yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I
implement policies and procedures nationwide of
various departments as well as train Junior Man-
agers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have
to oversee daily operations of quality control for
the entire East Coast. That alone means I have
ﬁfteen hundred employees under me!in the last sentence.

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If you want to work out the meaning of "alone", firstly, y'd better figure out what"that" in the sentence is used instead of . because "alone" here is used to emphasize one part of your job in such a V.P.position, which is referred to by "that". 
if "that" is used instead of your job to oversee daily operations of quality control for the entire East Coast, then, by "alone" the last sentence emphasizes that you're in charge of ﬁfteen hundred employees as an overseer

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When you have many things to do, but one thing is especially difficult, you can put emphasis on it by saying "that alone."
For example:
"Today, I have to go to my mother's house, go to school, go to work, and then do homework.  It takes 3 hours to get to my mother's house, so that alone will take up a lot of time!"

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Hi, it means that the person is the only one responsible for 1500 employees.

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It's like saying that you're singling it out.  In otherwords, it's like saying, "that exclusively".

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