白领口语应急80主题 奋斗之路28 加班

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28.加班

常用应急场景

范例一：Double pay

Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?

Sorry, I have to work overtime¹.

You are really career minded.

My boss promised to pay me double time.

范例二：Work late at night

You didn’t show up in the morning meeting. What’s up?

Well, I just came in. I worked overtime yesterday. Some statistics² and very important documents seemed to be inaccurate³. So I stayed to double check them. The boss was aware of my very late work of last night. So before he left office, he told me I could come one hour later this morning.

But you still look a little bit tired. What time did you leave?

It was around 1:30 in the morning. I guess I didn’t fall asleep till 3 because those numbers were involving in my mind. I just couldn’t stop thinking about them.

That’s normal after a tense work evening. Working overtime is not always a pleasant experience for me either. Once, I worked overtime everyday for a whole week including the weekend. That really broke my rhythm⁴ and I got a little sick later.

Working at weekend is something I hate to do most.

But if the company asks, what else can we do?

范例三：Regular overtime

Do you know that working overtime in some companies is a regular thing?

How regular?

An average ten hours or more a day according⁵ to a survey, the worst thing is that the employees⁶ get no pay for that.

You are kidding me? It is against the labor⁷ law. They should be aware of their rights.

But these people say nothing about that. They are worried about losing their job because there is surplus⁸ in labor force these days.

That’s not right, somebody should do something.