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In this set of materials, the reading passage shows that a number of employees in the USA are willing to do a 4-day workweek with 80 percent of their normal payment. They claim that this is not only beneficial for the economy of the companies, but aslo dood for the employees who decide to do so. However, the professor in the listening material is against to the idea.; d* a; N4 h0 W3 I% P
First of all, a 4-workday-week will force the company to spend more in all aspects in stesd of saving the cost. Hiring more employees makes the company cost money on providing training to the new staff . Also, the company must offer health ensurance, office space and computers to the new staff. That’s absolutely a high cost. However, the reading passage indicates that the shotened week would increase company profits.) H8 u B, g F/ `
Next, the professor argues that runnig a 4-day workweek does not mean more working opportunities. That the companies will have other options rather than hiring more employees to accomplish the work. They may force the employees to work over time to achieve their goal. What’s worse, they will raise their expectations on the staff, which means that they want to let the staff finish their 5-day-work in 4 days. In this way, no additional jobs could be created and current jobs would be more unsatisfactory. Yet, the reading material indicates that 4-day workweek will reduce unemployee rates.& y9 J9 d* u* t, u! `
Finally, the professor holds that it risks for employees to take a 4-day workweek option which may reduce their life quality. It will decrease the employee’s job stability and harm their chances of advancing their careers. They are more likely to lose their jobs when ecnomic resession occurs.As the companies prefer to 5-day-workweek employees, they might be passed over for promotion to ensore continuous coverage. But in reading passage shows that a 4-day workweek dould be better for individual employees. |
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