Song | 工人的额外福利 |
Artist | 英语听力 |
Album | BBC实况听力 |
A far cry from the usual meeting room but it's what the workers of this London-based branding agency wanted. They were given a weekend to redesign their offices. Having the freedom to build a greenhouse in the middle of the office may not be at the top of your list of perks, but this company is convinced of the benefits of giving employees a say in the environment they work in. There are the usual benefits here, such as a pension scheme, health insurance and the chance to own a share of the business, but those running the agency think that the way the employees are treated is more important than a pension or an expense account. If you're not a hiring-and-firing type of business, and you spend a lot of time making sure you recruit the right types of people, you therefore give a reassurance that even when times get tough, the company will do all it can to retain those people, because also from a very commercial perspective, you don't want to let good people go because, you know, when business is steaming again, then you're in trouble. But in the dog-eat-dog world at the City, others reckon it all comes down to money. Well, I think when people initially look at employee benefits, they want to be sure that their basic needs are met, and that can be the health side, for example, and what you might find is someone younger doesn't find that, they have great need for it in the short term, but when they see it's likely to happen, when they need that knee operation or something done, it becomes very important at that stage, and I think over time, people are seeing that these benefits, in the longer term, really make sense of them. Research shows that many people don't understand the pension schemes on offer by employers, and while softer benefits such as free gym membership may not improve their financial health, they're often seen as valuable perks in their own right. Sarah Pennells, BBC News. | |
办公室与往常的会议室迥然不同了,但这是工作在伦敦的品牌代理事务所的人们想要的。他们得到一个周末的时间重新设计办公室。又在办公室中间建温室的自由,这可能不会列入你的额外福利,但这家公司笃信让员工在工作环境中拥有发言权是会有诸多好处的。 这里有常见的优惠政策,如退休金计划、健康保险和执有公司股份的机会,但是该代理事务所的经营者认为,对待员工的方式远比退休金或费用报销单重要得多。 如果你的公司不是低迷时裁员的那种类型,你用了很长时间确信招到合适的人,因此你按安抚员工,甚至是在时局艰辛时,公司将尽其所能留住这些人,因为从商业角度看,你也不想让优秀工人流失。因为,你知道,生意重新兴隆时,你就陷入困境了。 但在这个互相倾轧的世界里,别人认为这一切都要归结到钱上。 是的,我想当人们最初看待员工福利时,他们想确定的是基本需求得以满足,比如说可能是健康方面的。你可能发现年轻点的人并没发现,短期之内他们迫切需要健康福利,但是当他们看到可能有此需求时,如当他们需做膝盖之类手术时,福利在那时就非常重要了。我想假以时日,人们就会认识到这些福利政策,就长期而言,是真正对人们管用的。 研究表明许多人不理解退休金计划列入雇主提供的工作中,尽管诸如免费健身馆会员等非金钱福利可能不会改善财务状况,但这些福利经常被视为自身权利之内的有价值的额外福利。英国广播公司 Sarah Pennells 的报道。 |
A far cry from the usual meeting room but it' s what the workers of this Londonbased branding agency wanted. They were given a weekend to redesign their offices. Having the freedom to build a greenhouse in the middle of the office may not be at the top of your list of perks, but this company is convinced of the benefits of giving employees a say in the environment they work in. There are the usual benefits here, such as a pension scheme, health insurance and the chance to own a share of the business, but those running the agency think that the way the employees are treated is more important than a pension or an expense account. If you' re not a hiringandfiring type of business, and you spend a lot of time making sure you recruit the right types of people, you therefore give a reassurance that even when times get tough, the company will do all it can to retain those people, because also from a very commercial perspective, you don' t want to let good people go because, you know, when business is steaming again, then you' re in trouble. But in the dogeatdog world at the City, others reckon it all comes down to money. Well, I think when people initially look at employee benefits, they want to be sure that their basic needs are met, and that can be the health side, for example, and what you might find is someone younger doesn' t find that, they have great need for it in the short term, but when they see it' s likely to happen, when they need that knee operation or something done, it becomes very important at that stage, and I think over time, people are seeing that these benefits, in the longer term, really make sense of them. Research shows that many people don' t understand the pension schemes on offer by employers, and while softer benefits such as free gym membership may not improve their financial health, they' re often seen as valuable perks in their own right. Sarah Pennells, BBC News. | |
bàn gōng shì yǔ wǎng cháng de huì yì shì jiǒng rán bù tóng le, dàn zhè shì gōng zuò zài lún dūn de pǐn pái dài lǐ shì wù suǒ de rén men xiǎng yào de. tā men dé dào yí gè zhōu mò de shí jiān chóng xīn shè jì bàn gōng shì. yòu zài bàn gōng shì zhōng jiān jiàn wēn shì de zì yóu, zhè kě néng bú huì liè rù nǐ de é wài fú lì, dàn zhè jiā gōng sī dǔ xìn ràng yuán gōng zài gōng zuò huán jìng zhōng yōng yǒu fā yán quán shì huì yǒu zhū duō hǎo chù de. zhè lǐ yǒu cháng jiàn de yōu huì zhèng cè, rú tuì xiū jīn jì huà jiàn kāng bǎo xiǎn hé zhí yǒu gōng sī gǔ fèn de jī huì, dàn shì gāi dài lǐ shì wù suǒ de jīng yíng zhě rèn wéi, duì dài yuán gōng de fāng shì yuǎn bǐ tuì xiū jīn huò fèi yòng bào xiāo dān zhòng yào de duō. rú guǒ nǐ de gōng sī bú shì dī mí shí cái yuán de nà zhǒng lèi xíng, nǐ yòng le hěn zhǎng shí jiān què xìn zhāo dào hé shì de rén, yīn cǐ nǐ àn ān fǔ yuán gōng, shèn zhì shì zài shí jú jiān xīn shí, gōng sī jiāng jìn qí suǒ néng liú zhù zhèi xiē rén, yīn wèi cóng shāng yè jiǎo dù kàn, nǐ yě bù xiǎng ràng yōu xiù gōng rén liú shī. yīn wèi, nǐ zhī dào, shēng yì chóng xīn xīng lóng shí, nǐ jiù xiàn rù kùn jìng le. dàn zài zhè gè hù xiāng qīng yà de shì jiè lǐ, bié rén rèn wéi zhè yī qiè dōu yào guī jié dào qián shàng. shì de, wǒ xiǎng dāng rén men zuì chū kàn dài yuán gōng fú lì shí, tā men xiǎng què dìng de shì jī běn xū qiú dé yǐ mǎn zú, bǐ rú shuō kě néng shì jiàn kāng fāng miàn dí. nǐ kě néng fā xiàn nián qīng diǎn de rén bìng méi fā xiàn, duǎn qī zhī nèi tā men pò qiè xū yào jiàn kāng fú lì, dàn shì dāng tā men kàn dào kě néng yǒu cǐ xū qiú shí, rú dāng tā men xū zuò xī gài zhī lèi shǒu shù shí, fú lì zài nà shí jiù fēi cháng zhòng yào le. wǒ xiǎng jiǎ yǐ shí rì, rén men jiù huì rèn shi dào zhèi xiē fú lì zhèng cè, jiù cháng qī ér yán, shì zhēn zhèng duì rén men guǎn yòng de. yán jiū biǎo míng xǔ duō rén bù lǐ jiě tuì xiū jīn jì huà liè rù gù zhǔ tí gōng de gōng zuò zhōng, jǐn guǎn zhū rú miǎn fèi jiàn shēn guǎn huì yuán děng fēi jīn qián fú lì kě néng bú huì gǎi shàn cái wù zhuàng kuàng, dàn zhèi xiē fú lì jīng cháng bèi shì wéi zì shēn quán lì zhī nèi de yǒu jià zhí de é wài fú lì. yīng guó guǎng bō gōng sī Sarah Pennells de bào dào. |