Tag: Work and Workplace

B2 – Upper Intermediate

How we convey ourselves in the organization is kept in check by implicit ’emotional laws.’ Interestingly, not all sentimental outbursts are evaluated evenly.

According to one study, ‘feeling rules’ are administered differently depending on ethnic and gender identity.

Let us read the full text to find out more about the gender gap regarding these so-called “feeling rules”.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20211029-the-people-penalised-for-expressing-feelings-at-work

Discussion Questions:

1. How do you deal with emotional outbursts at work?
2. Who is responsible for emotional outbursts at work?
3. What is your personal view on getting punished at work for expressing one’s emotions?
4. How can this gap be bridged?
5. Do you think that these unspoken “feeling rules” exist in the companies that you have worked for? Talk about some instances where they were displayed.

B2 – Upper Intermediate

A food blogger has already become a popular job nowadays, but some people still don’t understand how to earn money by just posting food photos, recipes, or pretty much anything that’s food-related. That’s why there are a lot of myths about this job.

Read the article to check if your vision of food blogging was correct.

Discussion Questions:

1. Is there any information that surprised you about food blogging?  What was it?
2. If you decided to become a food blogger, what direction would you choose? Why?
3. What ideas for food blogs can you think of?
4. What food blogs, if any, do you follow? What attracts you about these blogs?
5. Share your thoughts on this statement: “Food Bloggers can’t be trusted because their food is free.”

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Just about everyone faces a moment in their professional life when they question the job that they do, when it doesn’t challenge them anymore or simply having that feeling that they should be somewhere else. However, some time after the outbreak of the pandemic, it appears that there has been a significant increase in the number of people reconsidering their career opportunities.

A vast career coaching industry has sprung up in recent years, with the goal of sustaining and enhancing a different approach in professionals’ careers, as well as gaining the skills for them to be established and eventually being able to reach their dreams.

Let’s take a look at the article below to find out how a career coach can help you find your dream job.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220103-can-a-career-coach-find-you-your–dream-job

Discussion Questions:

1. Would you ever consider having a career coach? Why or why not?
2. How would you go about it when the moment comes and you feel you aren’t where you want to be professionally?
3. What are some of the worst and best jobs you can think of and why do you consider them as such?
4. What kinds of jobs interest you the most and the least?
5. Talk about your dream job and how you intend to land it.

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Most likely, you have heard that once you have found the job you are most passionate about, “you will never have to work a day in your life”. But what if your passion for what you do gives people you work with the idea that they can take advantage of you?

Read the article about passion exploitation.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190719-passion-exploitation

Discussion Questions:

1. What do you think about this being practiced/done by some in certain industries?
2. Talk about an instance when you were asked to work more, on unrelated tasks, or for free. How did that make you feel?
3. What is the best way to refuse paying the “passion tax”?
4. What is the best thing to say to someone who is trying to exploit you at work?
5. Do you think passion exploitation is more likely to happen if you work in particular industries? Explain your stand.
6. Why do you think workers in artistic and creative industries are more susceptible to this kind of exploitation?
7. How can some exploitative actions of managers be prevented?