Are you unhappy at work? ⏲️ 6 Minute English
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2023
- We spend so much of our day working - how can we ensure our job doesn't make us miserable? It takes more than just money and conditions. Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.
❓❓❓This week's question
According to a recent survey by Forbes magazine, what was voted the worst job in the UK? Was it:
a) a call centre worker?
b) a bartender? or,
c) a traffic warden?
Listen to the programme to hear the answer.
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Vocabulary:
✔️burnout - lack of energy or enthusiasm because of working too hard
✔️deadline - the time or date by which a particular job must be finished
✔️to be breathing down someone’s neck - (idiom) to watch someone very closely and check everything they do
✔️presenteeism - staying at work longer than usual, or going to work when you are ill, to show that you work hard and are important to your employer
✔️work-life balance - the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend relaxing with your family and doing things you enjoy
✔️win-win - a situation or result that is good for everyone involved
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VOCABULARY FORM VIDEO Are you unhappy at work? ⏲ 6 Minute English
1. Inflexible: unwilling to make even the slightest change in your attitudes, plans etc
2. Injury: a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack
3. Burnout : lack of energy or enthusiasm because of working too hard
4. Deadline : the time or date by which a particular job must be finished
5. To be breathing down someone’s neck: (idiom) to watch someone very closely and check everything they do
6. Presenteeism : staying at work longer than usual, or going to work when you are ill, to show that you work hard and are important to your employer
7. Work-life balance : the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend relaxing with your family and doing things you enjoy
8. Win-win : a situation or result that is good for everyone involved.
VIETNAM 8.19.2023
ALL THE BEST FOR YOU
It's better if you get some examples ☺️
Thanks!
Cảm ơn bạn
Thank à lot
Can you give me your telegram or what's up number
Thank for this episode. No matter how much money we get from our job we have to ensure that we love it.
Thank you Neil and Beth for today's topic. Work life balance is most important in everyone life. If we are not satisfied with our work, we should resign from there and should look for another one.😊
I agree that
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You're doing a wonderful job. Kudos!
Thanks bbclearningenglish for your usual compelling and actual topics. I used to work in a very competitive enviroment-boss breathing on my neck, vicious colleagues demanding targets etc -Thanks God it's over, have myself reinvented and Happy with myself and new job.
Thanks again for your lessons!
Thanks a bunch for your efforts .
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Thank you for BBC learning English. The this topic was so close to my life, because most people have bad job experiences at the one time in their life. I have been facing bad job experience more than 2 times. The reason was bad salary, inflexible and presenteeism. After the my bad job experiences, I have got work-life balance.
Thank you for your efforts 😊
Thank you so much ❤
It's an eye-opening session for everyone. It's updated about our current job and fit to outdated from.thank you BBC
Thank you Neil and Beth, this podcast give me much lesson. The metod from this podcast may can be apply in my study and my daily activity. To make 5 to do list a day and when I finish all of 5 as well I can rest and doing my other task or hobby😊
Wonderful!
Tbanks a bunch BBC. Greetings from Mexico.
No matter how undignified their previous jobs were, Neil and Beth are candid, outspoken and frank enough to have called a spade a spade. Good traits worthy of emulation! Please keep it up
Thanks 😊
Thank you everything
I had a big project with a tight deadline, and my boss breathed down my neck, and then I was burnt out. I had to presenteeism, and my work-life balance was terrible. However, I have a friend who works at a great company, and her job is very flexible, but she finishes her job too, so it's a win-win for her and her company. I then quit my old job and joined my friend at her company. (This is just a made-up story. I'm fine.)
Oh Dear 😂
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Thank you so much
Great!! Gracias.. thanks..
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That was perfect. I love it.
Thanks a lot
Lovely video as usual! Thnks❤
I'm currently a high school student, so it's quite tricky for me to imagine my working life in the future. However, burnout has emerged in my academic life for several times and the most feasible remedy for me is reuning with my family as well as choosing a win-win on my own. It will be unfortunate if I have a supervisor breathing down my neck, but I'll make every endeavor to overcome and earn a colossal amount of money in order to have a stable life.
Wonderful ❤️
This episode is extremely appealing because it provides a lot of relevant vocabularies to the topic as well as it can be a call for me to review my enthusiasm towards my current job. Thank you so much.
Hi
I concur with you completely
Thanks for you Neil and Beth .I don't where at work
I love the videos from BBC
Presenteesim: amazing word that I ever learnt. Thanks BBC Learning English
yeah, absolutely
It Symphony to me hearing bbc learning English which is attractive and enjoyable otherwise that's emotional channel not only me but also who want to learn English enthusiasmly by hearing bbc 6 minutes English. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
*I'm always happy at my work.*
Thank you BBC Learning English...🙏
Yeah, but you don't need to pray. 😅
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I don't know English,but this channel more helpful to me
The video is very helpful for me
Thank you BBC English. I enjoyed listening and learning about the subjects for each videos you created. I am learning everyday.
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I don’t like my mother breathing down my neck when i’m studying. Once, i was intensely concentrating like in the zone and suddenly realized my mother’s face on my shoulder literally. It definitely freaked me out, her unexpected presence startled me enormously.
Oh ...l love this program as I could learn a lot from this.I have learned an important idiom breathing down in your neck that means some is watching very closely and checking everything you do.I wish I couldn't get a Manager who is like breathing down in your neck.Also I do agree that works should be flexible and must be based upon the talent do we have.Presenteeisam is a new vocabulary for me which I never ever heard before this.
Another word that people often use (similar to breathing down your neck) is micromanage. A boss who micromanages employees is constantly theming them what to do.
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tuyệt vời. tks,
It's great,
I love to sing and listen to music
I hope that kind of working culture will develop as soon as possible.
beautiful video paolo
Keep going don't care what others say behind you 💯 👌 ❤
Thankyou for this video, it would help me to improve my voccabalaries and as well as fluency in english.
Glad to hear that!
i was so sad in my job so i decided to quit on my job, it was very hard to me because i don't have another place that i can get money from it but it's still very helpful and in order to maintain my mental health.
Poor Neil and Beth! However, your old jobs may not be glamorous but are necessary for the functioning of society. If you didn't clean the portable toilets, nobody would have clean toilets to use, and Beth, if you didn't waitress in cafes, no one would have anything to eat!
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Thanks BBC for allowing me to learn English and I've followed you for more than 33 years. From Mexico city, an sincerely yours: José Nicolás Segura Méndez. I began studying English with a BBC series named "Slim John" back in the 80's and 90's
in Brazil when we finshed high shcool we have to take a test to be accepted in public universities, which is difficult and very competitive especially for the medical course because of this many students develop disorders such as anxiety, physical and mental exhaustion and panic sydrome
Are public universities more competitive than private universities in Brazil?
@@learnenglishgoplaces yes, they are more competitive...
Hello! I think there is a tecniche pause error in this audio on the app. Anyway, this argument is very interesting!!
I like this program ❤ but my son also working in a calling center 😢then I feel sad
task based pattern is my demand at work to have a work life balance and enjoy my life and spending time with family with out being burning out.
Even though I'm not a worker, I've to deal with my problems at school. I've been studying at an online school for two years due to the situations in our country, Myanmar. I've got to do bags of homework and projects. Moreover, the examination is getting close. 😮💨
Each and every work has its own problems. It depends on the working environment they get. We should balance our working time and enjoyment time equally. Then everything will be ok for us.
If there is a job with good work-life balance, great compensation, job security, the employees can contribute their best to the organisation. Ultimately, it's a win-win situation for both the employee and the employer.
That is a good video, I love it and spend a lot of time for it, I hope that You are happy at work
Which program should we download and use to receive these podcasts?
We have several versions of 6 min english in google play
Work- life balance is important for everyone.
Work- life balance is important for everyone or people will get burnt- out after working long hours in the office. Thank you!
I am totally agreed with you. Most companies they are breathing out in their employees and their employees are burning out. I hope this will change soon and people will have work life balance to enjoy every moments in their life.
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the link of this episode does not working, can you check it?
Could you please recommend which level can study 6 minutes English? Sometimes I can't understand when I don't watch subtitle.
Hello!
The word 'burnout' has been discussed in the News Review episode, 'Burnout': Jacinda Ardern Resigns.
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What is the difference between a boss and an employer?
Often they can have the same / similar meanings, but there are some differences. A boss is generally a person, but an employer can be a person or a company. Your employer is the person or business who hires and pays you, but a boss is more involved in supervising of staff.
@@bbclearningenglish I undersrand now! Thank you so much!
yeah
that is mazing cause they used a simple vocabulary
Is it correct to use “discuss in”.?
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Ohh very 👏
Pliss show with subtitle
I can't understand what Emma is saying 😂 She speaks really fast and it's confusing. But it doesn't matter, I'll keep working. Thanks, Neil and Beth.
yeah boddy 🎉❤
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• Burnout lack of energy
• Deadline ultimatum
• Breathing down ones neck. Watching closely
• Presentism. Staying longer than usual to show you work hard
• Work life balance the amount of time you do work than enjoying
• Win- win situation good for everyone
Hello❤😊
I've worked as a call center consultant for many years. Maybe it is not the worst job in the world but I believe it is among the first positions. It's an awful job and it should be paid much better if we consider how annoying it is
Once i've worked as a salesperson and it was a terrible experience for me considering that i should achieve the high goals and i used to spend all my day at work and at the end of the day i felt exhausted.
In my opinion, retail sector is the worst. Where employees need to work for long hours and meet shrink deadline.
@@alawiahussain1331 that's terrible too. I think we should have something, maybe a physical activity, to distract our minds from the Hard work.
In my previous job I used to have my boss breathing down my neck so I didn’t wait longer to quit
I am very happy because I really like work
Unfortunately, the company I work for will just throw this in the bin
I'm unhappy at not having job
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I don't have any jibs 😂😂 my jobs is to sitting in the home and watch movies and TikTok. But i am really tired of doing this everyday
I wish you get job as soon as possible
I think is farming
I'm very unhappy😢
anyone can explain for me the meaning of the phrase ''shift away from ''in the video
Here, it means "to move away" from, which, metaphorically means to stop thinking about things in one way and start thinking about things in another way. It's shifting, or moving, from one way of thinking to another way of thinking.
Especially if you are in turkey salary is low life is expensive for many people to buy meat , ,fish etc a luxury
I loved the expression : he breathes down your neck.
my co-workers so mean,😢😂
Burn out flexible working. Win and win
I suggest adding a new vocabulary table at the end of video.
It's tricky talking about work topic while talking about topics is your job😂
Yes. ✔️
I’m disliking - mostly - my
too big home 😎 office…!
Would like to cncel it. -:)
Goodbye, office…! 😊
thanks. Who is really doing job who is sitting all day in his or her office? Noone want to work. Most of time i feel like slave.
I am not working I am student 😂😂
But last year 😢😅
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