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職場の働き方

N2
00:36
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Key vocabulary

overtime
the actual state of things
the front line, where the work happens
to take home
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A

A: Overtime in our department has fallen a good deal, hasn't it.

B

B: I think recording our hours from last year made the big difference.

A

A: But the amount of work itself hasn't changed, has it.

B

B: No. So some people seem to be taking it home. The figures may be down, but what is really happening we don't know.

A

A: Then it's meaningless.

B

B: What is really needed, I think, is deciding what to stop doing. Cutting meetings, simplifying documents, that sort of thing.

A

A: But unless someone decides, nothing much will change, will it.

B

B: That's the difficult part. Even if people on the ground speak up, nothing moves unless those above act.