{"id":12606,"date":"2020-05-18T16:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=12606"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:04","slug":"budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/05\/budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When business isn&#8217;t doing good, some companies opt to cut costs so they can still operate. In the process of doing so, they are dealt with tough decisions such as cutting back on projects and staff. Employees panic when there are issues like this going around the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video and find out more about when rumors travel through the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/lets-learn-english-level-2-lesson1\/3960391.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/lets-learn-english-level-2-lesson1\/3960391.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What jobs were mentioned in the video?<\/li><li>What did the workers think the meeting would be about? Why did they think so?<\/li><li>Some office issues start with a rumor, how do we prevent them?<\/li><li>Has your company undergone budget cuts before? What measures did they have to take?<\/li><li>Talk about some rumors that spread within your company that caused some issues among the employees.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate When business isn&#8217;t doing good, some companies opt to cut costs so they can still operate. In the process of doing so, they are dealt with tough decisions such as cutting back on projects and staff. Employees panic when there are issues like this going around the office. 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