おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
同僚・上司と一度も対面しなくて済むって私からすると天国なんだけど、コミュニケーション不足が不満で退職する人もいるよという記事。まあ明らかに合わない人は居る働き方よねえ…。
drag
意味 〈時間が〉のろのろと進む (on, by); 〈行事などが〉 だらだらと続く (on, out)
As the pandemic drags on, more people are beginning and leaving new jobs without once seeing their colleagues face-to-face, leading to an easy-come, easy-go attitude toward workplaces.
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「an easy-come, easy-go attitude」ってとても好きな表現だ。こういうのすっと使えるようになりたい。
zillion
意味 無数の
One year and a zillion Zoom calls later, she had still never met any of her colleagues, aside from her boss — which made it easier to quit when a new job came along.
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わかるわ。私の会社も完全リモートで同僚・上司に直接会わないから、気軽に皆辞めていくよw
quirk
意味 （行動· 考えなどの） 奇抜さ, 気まぐれ, 奇癖.
The coronavirus pandemic, now more than 17 months in, has created a new quirk in the work force: a growing number of people who have started jobs and left them without having once met their colleagues in person.
www.nytimes.com
気軽に見切って気軽に再スタートできるの、良いことだと思うけどね。私は会社内での密コミュニケーションが嫌いなんで助かってる。
Never having to be in the same conference room or cubicle as a co-worker may sound like a dream to some people.
www.nytimes.com
まさにsound like a dreamだよw 対面じゃないオンライン面談だとメモ見ながら落ち着いて話せるとか、メリットいっぱい。
throw in the towel
意味 [ボクシング] タオルを投げ入れる; (くだけて) 降参する, 負けを認める.
Already, more workers have left their jobs during some pandemic months than in any other time since tracking began in December 2000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In April, a record 3.9 million people, or 2.8 percent of the work force, told their employers they were throwing in the towel.
www.nytimes.com
attachment
意味 [U][C] ＜…への＞ 愛情, 愛着; 支持; 忠誠 ＜to, for＞
“If you’re in a workplace or a job where there is not the emphasis on attachment, it’s easier to change jobs, emotionally,” said Bob Sutton, an organizational psychologist and a professor at Stanford University.
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私は新卒のころからずっと企業への帰属意識がないので（だから派遣や契約が向いてる）逆に「何で人間関係がいいからって理由だけでこんな会社にしがみつくんだろ」って思ってたなあ…仕事のグチ言いまくる人って絶対辞めないんだよなw
