快樂(lè)工作的新奧秘雙語(yǔ)作文 Lastweek,Isentane-mailtoafriendwhohadjustlosthisjob.“Imsosorry,”Iwrote.“Yourbossesaremoronstohavegotridofsuchageniusasyou.Icanonlysupposeaqueuewillshortlystretchroundtheblockaslessbrain-deademployersclamourtotakeyouon.HopeyouareOK.” Thee-mailwasheartfeltexceptforoneword,andthatwas“shortly”.Idontexpectaqueuetoformformyfriendshortly.Evengeniusesarenotgettingsnappedupquicklyunlesstheyhappentobesecurityguards,socialworkers,aountantsorteachers. Inatrice,Ihadamessageback.Hesaidhehadhadabriefpanicaboutthemortgageandschoolfeesbutotherwisewasreallyrathercheerful.Indeed,hewasinsuchhighspiritsthatheevensentmeafunnyanecdote*. IcouldnothelpparingthetoneofhismessagewithonethatIgottheverysameafternoonfromanotherfriendwhoworksforapanythathasalsobeencelebratingChristmaswithsomesavagejobcuts.Never,shesaid,hadhermoralebeenasbad.Theweightofworkwascripplingasshewasnowdoingthejobsofthreepeople.Therewastalkofpaycuts.Theofficewasspookilyquiet,too;sincemostofherfriendshadbeensacked,therewasntevenanyonearoundtomoanto.Worstofallwasthefearthatherjobwouldbenext. Itistemptingtoconcludefromthesetwomessagesthat,ifthereisonethingworseforhithertosuessful,well-paidpeoplethanbeingfired,itisnotbeingfired.Thosewhohavebeenaxeddontneedtotakethesackingpersonally,andnotworkinginthedaysbeforeChristmascanberatherjolly.Whereasforthosewhohavenotbeenfired,thenot-so-festiveseasonthisyearisanorgyoffearanddrudgery. Theremightbesometruthinthisnowbutitisnotgoingtostaytrueforlong.Thegrimnessoftheunemployedwillgetworseasnoqueuesformtotakethemon,whilethegrimnessofthoseinworkwill,intime,starttorecede.Thisisnotbecausetheeconomywillimproveitisbecausethegrimnessitselfwillbringonasounderandaltogethermorerealisticapproachtowork. Overthepastdecade,therich,professionalclasseshavedevelopedanincreasinglyunhealthyattitudetotheirjobs.Wetookourjobsandourfatsalariesforgrantedandfeltaggrievedifourbonuseswerenotevenbiggerthantheyearbefore.Wedemandedthattheworkbeinterestinginitselfand,evenmoredangerouslyandpreposterously,thatitshouldhavemeaning. Theresultofallthesedemandswas,ofcourse,dissatisfaction.WehadclimbedtotheverytopofMaslowshierarchyofneedsanddiscoveredthat,atthetopofthepyramid,theairwasverythinindeed.Asanagonyaunt,Ifoundthatbyfarthemostmonproblemreaderssubmittedcamefromrichandseniorprofessionalswhohadalltheirbasicneedsmorethancateredfor,leavingtheirsoulsintorment.Helpme,Imbored,theycried.Or,worse:whatdoesmyworkmean? Inthepastfewmonths,anguishofthissorthasvanished.Whenonesjobisatriskandonessavingsareashadowoftheirformerselves,thesearchformeaningatworkismeaningless.Thepointofajobbeesrathermorebasic:tofeedandhouse(and,atapinch,toeducate)onesfamilyandoneself.Ifwecandothis,thenanythingwemanageoverandabovethisisabonus.Onceexpectationshavefullyadjustedtothisnewrealityandweseeearningmoneyasthemainreasonforwork,greatersatisfactionwillfollow. Lowexpectationshaveanawfullottobesaidforthem.Insurveyswomenturnouttobemoresatisfiedatworkthanmen,inspiteofearninglessforthesamejobsanddoingmostoftheworkathometoo.Thereasonissimple:womensexpectationsofworkinglifearelower.Similarly,Denmarkisthehappiestcountryintheworldinspiteofhavingacold,darkclimateandatoptaxrateof68percent.ThestoicalDanesdonotexpectsomuchoflifeand,expectingless,findwhatlittletheyhaverathernice. ClimbingdownMaslowspyramidispainfulandprogressisslow.However,thereissomethingthatmanagerscandotomakethedescentalittlelessgrim.Theeasiestandcheapestwayofcheeringupdemoralisedworkersistotellthemthattheyaredoingagreatjob.Itisoneofthegreatmysteriesofofficelifewhymostmanagersaresoresistanttothiswhenitdoesnotcostonepenny.Hereisalltheyhavetodo:pickpeopleoffonebyone(todoitingroupsislazyandquitespoilstheimpact)andsaythankyouandwelldone,andlookasiftheymeanit. *Foranyonewhoneedsfurthercheering,hereistheanecdoteofmysackedfriend,whohearditfromsomeonewhoworksattheschoolthatPaulMcCartneyschildattends.Atarecentparentsevening,HeatherMillswastoldthatherdaughterwasrathergoodattherecorder.MsMillsapparentlyreplied:“Shegetsthatfromme.” 這是封相當(dāng)貼心的電子郵件，除了“不久”這個(gè)詞。我不希望我的朋友“不久”才能找到工作。(雖然)這年頭連天才都不會(huì)立刻被人搶走，除非這人恰好是保安、社工、會(huì)計(jì)或者教師。 才一會(huì)兒功夫，我就收到了回信。他說(shuō)，在經(jīng)歷了對(duì)按揭貸款和孩子學(xué)費(fèi)的短暫恐慌之后，他便釋然了。事實(shí)上，他的心情相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)，甚至還給我發(fā)了個(gè)小笑話*。 我忍不住拿這封信的語(yǔ)氣和那天下午剛收到的另外一個(gè)朋友的相比，她所在的公司殘忍地解雇了一些人并準(zhǔn)備慶祝圣誕節(jié)。絕不，她說(shuō)，我決不會(huì)讓自己垮掉。她做著三個(gè)人的工作量，即將達(dá)到她的極限，并且還有減薪的可能。辦公室里也安靜得嚇人，因?yàn)樗拇蟛糠峙笥讯家驯唤夤停車B個(gè)可以說(shuō)抱怨的話人都沒(méi)有。最壞的還不是這些，而是擔(dān)心自己也會(huì)被解雇。 從這兩封信得出的結(jié)論非常有趣：如果那些到目前為止還算成功、拿著高薪的人有什么比那些已經(jīng)失業(yè)的人更遭的話，那就是他們還沒(méi)被解雇。已經(jīng)被解雇的人不用再擔(dān)驚受怕，而且圣誕節(jié)前的悠閑日子畢竟相當(dāng)愜意。但對(duì)于那些仍在職的人來(lái)說(shuō)，這個(gè)毫無(wú)節(jié)日氣氛的冬天充滿著無(wú)休止的擔(dān)憂和勞累。 這個(gè)結(jié)論現(xiàn)在聽(tīng)起來(lái)有點(diǎn)道理，但將來(lái)就未必了。由于沒(méi)有職位可供選擇，失業(yè)人群的嚴(yán)峻處境只會(huì)更糟;同時(shí)，在職人群的情況最終會(huì)獲得改善。這并不是因?yàn)榻?jīng)濟(jì)形勢(shì)的好轉(zhuǎn)而是因?yàn)榱?xí)慣成自然，進(jìn)而接受現(xiàn)實(shí)。 過(guò)去的幾十年，富有的職業(yè)經(jīng)理階層日益滋生出一種對(duì)工作的不健康心態(tài)。我們坦然占據(jù)著高薪職位，同時(shí)抱怨加薪太慢。我們要求工作本身得有趣，更為危險(xiǎn)和荒謬的是，那份工作還應(yīng)該有意義。 所有這些自然導(dǎo)致導(dǎo)致一個(gè)結(jié)果，那就是不滿。我們爬到馬斯洛需求層次(1)的頂端后竟發(fā)現(xiàn)，金字塔頂端空氣如此稀薄。作為知心大姐，我發(fā)現(xiàn)到目前為止最為常見(jiàn)的讀者提問(wèn)都于富有的高級(jí)職業(yè)經(jīng)理，這些人已經(jīng)滿足了包括飲食在內(nèi)的所有基本需求，卻精神空虛、痛苦不堪。幫幫我，我好無(wú)聊，他們叫道。還有更糟的：我的工作到底有什么意義? 最近幾個(gè)月，這種痛苦突然消失的無(wú)影無(wú)蹤。當(dāng)某人的職位都難保住，并且銀行存款日漸萎縮的時(shí)候，再去探究工作的意義也就變得毫無(wú)意義。工作的目的變得更為原始：為他和他的家庭提供吃和住(必要時(shí)，還有教育)。在此基礎(chǔ)之上，我們才有可能考慮年終獎(jiǎng)的事情。一旦我們的期望回歸現(xiàn)實(shí)，我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，賺錢才是工作的最主要目的，其它更高級(jí)的滿足感都得靠邊站。 低期望蘊(yùn)含著大道理。總體看，女性對(duì)工作的滿意程度要比男性高，雖然同樣的工作女性收入要低，而且女性還承擔(dān)了大部分家務(wù)。理由很簡(jiǎn)單：女性對(duì)職業(yè)生涯的期望較低。同樣道理，盡管氣候陰冷、稅率奇高(75%)，丹麥仍是世界上最快樂(lè)的國(guó)家。清心寡欲的丹麥人對(duì)生活要得并不多，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)：少點(diǎn)欲望、多點(diǎn)快樂(lè)。 從馬斯洛金字塔往下爬是個(gè)痛苦而崎嶇的過(guò)程。但是，經(jīng)理們還是有些方法可以減輕這種痛苦的。鼓舞士氣低落的員工有一種最簡(jiǎn)單和成本最低的方法，那就是告訴他們：他們正在做一項(xiàng)偉大的工作。這種不用花一分錢的好事兒大部分經(jīng)理卻不愿意干，這真讓人想不通。經(jīng)理們要做的就是：找員工挨個(gè)談話(不要分組，這會(huì)讓你顯得懶惰并且效果不佳)，告訴他們：你做的很好，謝謝你。這多少讓他們看上去像是那么回事兒。 *如果有人想知道更多，我給你講講我那個(gè)失業(yè)朋友給我發(fā)的小笑話，她是