商务英语 | BEC高级文章阅读精选：你有患上工作倦怠症吗？

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BEC高级文章阅读精选：你有患上工作倦怠症吗？
（研究表明：不是缺乏激励，而是没有清晰目标）

导读：根据科技公司Dropbox的调查发现：英国有五分之一的人承认他们在工作中并没有十分尽责。在接受言谈的二千人里面，几乎有四分之三的受访者直言：他们没有发挥最大的效力做事，即便是一个星期一次都没有。

以下文章选自BBC商业周刊。英国预算责任办公室的数据显示：英国近五年的生产效率增长速度仅为0.2%，大大低于预期，该项数据抑制了英国经济增长速度。通过最新的一项调查，英国人终于意识到问题所在：他们中的很多人已经患上了工作倦怠症。本文包含非常地道实用的商务英语写作词汇及句型，相关生词及实用短语已用蓝色高亮，希望能够对正在BEC备考的童鞋有所帮助。

One in five Brits admit they never work to the best of their ability in their jobs, according to a survey by tech firm Dropbox. Nearly three-quarters of the 2,000 people interviewed said that they don’t work to the best of their ability even once a week.

Respondents added they think only 68% of colleagues are good at their jobs. The results come amid weak forecasts for economic productivity in the next five years.

“Fundamentally people have a natural inclination towards laziness and without clear roles and objectives we are drawn towards loafing and free riding,” said Brennan Jacoby, a philosopher at cultural institution The School of Life, which conducted the survey with Dropbox.

“Often it’s not a lack of motivation causing this, more often it can be a lack of clarity,” he added.  “Give team members clear roles and responsibilities and the chances are productivity and happiness will rise.”he UK’s poor productivity has been blamed for holding back the UK economy.

In last month’s Budget the government’s economic watchdog, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR), said productivity has grown by just 0.2% a year for the past five years, much less than expected.

It also warned productivity will see only weak growth in the next five years.

People in more senior positions have a lower opinion of their colleagues
职位越高的人对其同事的工作效率越为不满

The Dropbox survey found that construction and emergency service workers have the highest opinion of their colleagues, whilst those in public relations and IT have the lowest.Dropbox said this might be because sectors such as construction and medicine are “safety-critical” jobs, which require trust to be placed in co-workers to ensure everyone’s safety.

It added that the benefits of teamwork are also more apparent and more clearly understood in these roles.

The survey indicated that those in more senior positions had a lower opinion of their colleagues compared with those in entry-level roles.

Managing directors and board-level workers said they believed only 58% of their co-workers were good at their jobs.