Are you unhappy at work? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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الملخص

TLDRDeze aflevering van Six Minute English van BBC Learning English behandelt de negatieve aspecten van werkervaringen en hoe deze ons geluk kunnen beïnvloeden. Neil en Beth delen hun eigen ervaringen met ongewenste banen en onderzoeken de Britse werkcultuur, die erg veeleisend kan zijn. Ze citeren Damian Grimshaw, die opmerkt dat werknemers in het VK onder grotere druk staan om targets te halen en sneller te werken. Daarnaast bespreekt Emma Stewart van Time Wise een aanpak in de bouwsector die werkt op basis van taken in plaats van uren. Dit bevordert de werk-privébalans, waardoor werknemers gelukkiger zijn en minder overwerk verrichten. De aflevering eindigt met een herhaling van belangrijke termen die tijdens het gesprek zijn genoemd.

الوجبات الجاهزة

  • 🧑‍💼 De meeste mensen hebben slechte werkervaringen gehad.
  • 📊 De Britse werkcultuur legt veel druk op werknemers.
  • ⏰ Deadlines kunnen stressvol zijn voor werknemers.
  • 🔎 Presenteïsme is niet altijd effectief.
  • ⚖️ Een goede werk-privébalans is cruciaal voor geluk.
  • ⚒️ Een taakgerichte aanpak kan de werkervaring verbeteren.
  • 👍 Flexibel werken is voordelig voor iedereen.
  • 🧐 Burnout is een groot probleem in veel sectoren.
  • 🥳 Werkplekken moeten gebruik maken van werknemersvaardigheden.
  • 📉 Te veel overwerken kan leiden tot ontmoediging.

الجدول الزمني

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    In deze aflevering van Six Minute English bespreken Neil en Beth de uitdagingen van het werkleven, zoals vervelende banen, onvoldoende betaling en burn-out. Ze vragen zich af hoe we ervoor kunnen zorgen dat ons werk ons niet ongelukkig maakt. Een recente enquête van Forbes Magazine heeft het slechtste beroep in het VK onthuld, wat de interesse opwekt. Damian Grimshaw van King's College London spreekt over de hoge werkdruk in de Britse cultuur in vergelijking met Europese landen. Deze druk kan leiden tot een gevoel van gecontroleerd worden door een supervisor. Verder wordt de lange en inflexibele werkuren binnen de NHS en de bouwsector besproken. Emma Stewart van Time Wise legt een project uit dat gericht is op taakgericht werken in de bouw, wat helpt bij het verbeteren van de balans tussen werk en privéleven. Uiteindelijk onthullen ze dat het slechtste beroep volgens de enquête inderdaad callcenter medewerker is, en herzien ze de nieuwe woordenschat die in de aflevering is geleerd.

الخريطة الذهنية

فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة

  • Wat was volgens een recente enquête het slechtste beroep in het VK?

    Volgens een recente enquête was het slechtste beroep in het VK een callcenter medewerker.

  • Wat betekent burnout?

    Burnout is een gebrek aan energie of enthousiasme door te hard werken.

  • Wat is een deadline?

    Een deadline is de tijd waarbinnen een bepaalde taak voltooid moet zijn.

  • Wat is presenteïsme?

    Presenteïsme betekent langer op de werkplek blijven dan gebruikelijk om aan te tonen dat je hard werkt.

  • Wat houdt work-life balance in?

    Work-life balance is de hoeveelheid tijd die je aan je werk besteedt in vergelijking met de tijd die je aan ontspanning en plezier besteedt.

  • Wat is een win-win situatie?

    Een win-win situatie is een situatie of resultaat dat goed is voor iedereen die erbij betrokken is.

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التمرير التلقائي:
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    Hello. This is Six Minute English
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    from BBC Learning English.
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    I'm Neil. And I'm Beth.
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    Have you ever had a horrible boss, not been paid enough
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    or simply got tired of doing the same old boring jobs?
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    I love presenting Six Minute
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    English, of course, but
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    some of my previous jobs have been pretty awful, Neil.
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    When I waitressed in cafes,
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    I was on my feet ten hours a day.
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    It was exhausting!
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    Most people have had bad work experiences
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    at one time or another. Maybe a job
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    that was boring, badly paid or just working too much
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    and getting burned out – lacking energy or enthusiasm
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    because of working too hard.
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    But does it have to be like this?
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    Since most of our waking day is spent at work,
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    how can we make sure our job doesn't make us unhappy?
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    That's what we'll be discussing in this programme
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    and, as usual, we'll be learning
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    some useful new vocabulary as well.
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    Sounds good, Beth, but first
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    I have a question for you. The worst job
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    I ever had was the summer
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    I spent working as a portable toilet cleaner at music festivals.
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    But, according to a recent survey by Forbes Magazine,
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    what was voted the worst job in the UK? Was it:
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    A. a call centre worker?
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    B. a bartender? or C. a traffic warden?
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    I think the answer might be a call centre worker.
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    OK, Beth. I'll reveal the answer later in the programme.
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    Now, it's interesting that survey was carried out in the UK
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    because being unhappy at work could be related
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    to the British working culture which emphasises working at a fast pace.
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    Here's Damian Grimshaw, a professor of Employment
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    Studies at King's College London speaking with BBC
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    Radio 4 programme, Analysis.
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    Really it's all about pace, cost efficiencies, meeting targets
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    and deadlines. So, this is why, when people do surveys of
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    what we call 'work intensity', so how hard you work
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    are you driven on pace?, is there a supervisor breathing down your neck?,
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    we score really badly compared to European countries.
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    Compared to some European countries
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    British workers have to meet more targets and deadlines – a time or date
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    by which a particular job must be finished. The pressure to
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    work quickly means you might have your boss breathing down your neck –
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    an idiom meaning that someone is watching you very closely
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    and checking everything you do – not a nice feeling to have at work.
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    That's right. A good job is about more than pay and conditions.
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    It's one that uses your talents and gives you some choice
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    over how and when you work. In 2022, Britain's biggest employer,
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    the National Health Service, or NHS, lost more than 15,000 nurses,
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    many quitting because of the long and inflexible working hours.
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    Another sector with long working hours is
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    the construction industry. Low paid, dirty and physically demanding
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    construction workers also risk high levels of work-related injury.
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    Here, Emma Stewart, co-founder of social business,
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    Time Wise, tells BBC's Radio 4 programme, Analysis,
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    about her trial project to help builders enjoy their jobs more.
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    In the work that we've done within the
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    construction industry, we have trialled
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    what we would call an output-based way of working,
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    which means we shift away from the sense of presenteeism,
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    this sense of: you are paid by the day,
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    you are on site from seven in the morning
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    until the last person leaves, maybe seven in the evening...
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    to a task-based way of working, which means you're going to do five tasks
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    over the course of this day, when you've done those tasks,
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    and you've done them well, you can go home,
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    but we will still pay you the same amount for the day.
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    They were able to deliver the projects that we worked on with them
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    on time, on budget,
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    but, critically, the feedback from workers was
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    that work-life balance scores doubled and they were able to reduce the amount
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    of overtime that they did. It's a win-win.
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    Emma describes the current working
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    patterns using the word presenteeism – staying at work longer than usual
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    or going to work when you're ill to show that you work hard,
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    but this isn't an effective way to work.
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    Emma thinks a task-based approach is better both at getting the job done
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    and for improving work-life balance – the amount of time you spend at work,
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    compared with the amount of time you spend relaxing with your family
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    and doing things you enjoy. In other words,
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    flexible working is a win-win – a situation
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    that's good for everyone involved.
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    Maybe more flexible working would help some of the jobs
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    I mentioned earlier in my question, Beth.
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    According to a recent Forbes magazine survey,
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    what was voted the worst job in the UK?
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    I guessed it was a job I've done myself –
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    working in a call centre. That was... the correct answer!
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    Although I think my summer job cleaning toilets was even worse.
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    Right, let's recap the vocabulary
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    we've learned from this programme,
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    starting with burnout – lack of energy or enthusiasm
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    because of working too hard. A deadline is the time
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    by which a particular job must be done.
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    If someone is breathing down your neck, they're watching you very closely
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    and checking everything you do. Presenteeism means staying
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    at work longer than usual to show your employer that you work hard
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    and are important to them. Work-life balance
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    is the amount of time you spend doing your job
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    compared with the amount of time you spend doing things you enjoy.
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    And finally, a win-win is a situation or result
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    that is good for everyone.
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    Once again, our six minutes are up.
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    Join us again next time, but for now,
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    get back to work! Goodbye. Bye.
الوسوم
  • werkervaringen
  • werkcultuur
  • burnout
  • deadline
  • presenteïsme
  • werk-privébalans
  • taakgerichte aanpak
  • Emma Stewart
  • Damian Grimshaw
  • Britse werkgevers