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1、Open your mind 打开你的心灵Bosses should consider requests for flexible working from employees with children under six. So embrace the benefits: “Twice as much experience, skills, brainpower and energy.” Savage says老板应该考虑的要求灵活的工作员工,6岁以下儿童。所以拥抱的好处:“两倍经验、技能、智力和精力。”野蛮人说Plan for disaster 灾难计划Always discuss th
2、e worst-case scenarios. When Margaret Mills, a teacher, lost her job-share partner because of a family illness, a return to full-time work seemed inevitable. We had been over-optimistic. I did manage to find someone else who fitted in with me, but I was very lucky.总是讨论这个最坏的情况。玛格丽特米尔斯老师时,失去了她的家庭分工合作伙
3、伴因为疾病,恢复全职工作似乎是不可避免的。“我们已经过于乐观。我设法找别人在跟我装,但我很幸运Get organised得到组织Plan the system for handing work over carefully and play to each others different strengths. Delegate the workload according to each others particular skills and qualities.仔细计划上交工作制度,发挥彼此的不同优势。代表工作负载根据彼此的特殊的技能和素质。Set your limits设置限制Mana
4、gers should clarify what they expect in terms of hours, availability and results, and employees should manage their employers expectations. Sue Osborn, a job-sharer for 21 years, says, Were often asked to do five-day weeks. Eventually you just have to say no. 经理应该明确他们所期望的小时,可用性和结果,雇员应该管理他们的雇主的期望。苏奥斯
5、本,21年的分工,说,“经常有人问我们做五天的星期。最终,你只要说“不”。Put pen to paper开始写；落笔Agree in writing arrangements for holidays, parental leave, retirement, etc. Everyone should know where they stand from the beginning书面同意安排假期,产假,退休,等等。每个人都应该从一开始就知道他们的立场Dont feel guilty不要感到内疚Do not work until 1 am at home to make up for not
6、being in the office everyday.在家不工作到1点来弥补不是每天都在办公室。Two become one天生一对 Clients may not like having to deal with two people so work closely together. As Savage says: A job-share should be like a marriage-one voice, one unit.客户可能不喜欢必须处理两人紧密合作。萨维奇说:“一个分工应该像婚姻声音,一个单位。2.12company car公司汽车Speaker 1 Its great
7、 because usually it means my wife can use the one at home and we even take mine away at weekends. I work for quite a relaxed company and they dont seem to mind how I use it for leisure.通常很好,因为这意味着我的妻子可以使用一个在家里,我们甚至在周末把我带走。我很轻松的公司工作,他们似乎并不在意我如何用它来休闲flexible working hours 机动工时Speaker 2 I thought it wo
8、uldnt change the way I worked after the first six months, but as they got older it actually became more complicated with getting them to school or if they wanted to do activities in the afternoon. But my boss has been really good about it and some days I can do a half day if I want and then I might
9、work later on other days or I take work home, which I dont like doing, but its the only way我认为这不会改变我的方式在前六个月之后,但当他们长大一些实际上变得更加复杂和让他们学校或如果他们想下午做活动。但是我的老板很好,有些日子我可以做一半的一天如果我想,然后我可能会工作在其他天或者我把工作带回家,我不喜欢做的事情,但这是唯一的办法parental leave亲职假Speaker 3 Its actually the law now so they had to let me have it. It wa
10、s only two weeks but at least I had time to help my wife out. Mind you, after all the late nights and crying I was really happy to get back to work for a while and have a rest!实际上现在的法律,所以他们必须让我拥有它。只有两周,但至少我有时间帮助我的妻子。提醒你一下,毕竟很晚,哭我真的很高兴地回去工作一段时间,休息一下!an impressive job title一个令人印象深刻的工作头衔Ive just been p
11、romoted from Assistant IT Technician to Chief Operational Network Administrator (营运网络主管）. It means I get a bit of a pay rise and new business cards with my name on. Im not sure if I get my own office though我刚从助理,技术员被提升为首席运营网络管理员(营运网络主管)。这意味着我的加薪和新名片有我的名字。我不确定我自己的办公室a pension养老金 The problem for me is
12、 that I wont have enough to live on when Im 60 and I cant afford a private plan. So Ill probably try and keep working for a few more years, and anyway, I heard the government is planning to rise the age of retirement.对于我的问题是,我没有足够的生活当我60岁,我买不起私人计划。所以我可能会尝试继续工作几年,不管怎么说,我听说政府计划提高退休年龄。Reading What a lo
13、vely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a client services executive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a very special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long.什么是可爱的地方施乐工作!Kim Moloney客户服务主管,
14、不能说足够好的东西对她的雇主。“这是一个非常特殊的环境,”她说,“人们描述施乐作为一个家庭,我是惊讶的人数已经在这里工作了这么长时间。” Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at Xerox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth behind her ent
15、husiasm.人们很容易对Moloney的评论将信将疑,特别是考虑到当你在工作的地方只有两年,当她在施乐,每个人都似乎老了。但她的热情背后的真相 Take Carole Palmer, the group resources director. She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xerox has been good to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qualificati
16、ons and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Carole Palmer,主管集团资源。她在1978年加入施乐临时和七年来一直在她现在的角色。“施乐多年来一直对我很好,”她说。这已经通过资格支持我,去年我参加了现任副总统计划。”Human resources is taken seriously at Xerox, Palmer says, and the company has a policy of promoting from within (which would explain Molone
