{"id":25235,"date":"2023-04-11T14:53:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=25235"},"modified":"2023-04-12T05:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T03:26:10","slug":"remote-work-a-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/04\/remote-work-a-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Work a Liability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For small business owners, allowing staff to work from home offers several advantages. Among them include fostering employee satisfaction and lowering rent costs for offices. Despite the buzz around telecommuting, there are still possible risks to be aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video on a discussion about how some companies think the remote working is a liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Is Remote Work a Liability? Why Some Companies Think So | WSJ Your Money Briefing\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2C_RImEcTSY?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does <strong>&#8220;preempt&#8221;<\/strong> mean? &#8220;<em>I don&#8217;t want to <strong>preempt<\/strong> anything I would say to the team. So, he wouldn&#8217;t tell me what the timeline is.<\/em>&#8221; Give 2 synonyms and use &#8216;preempt&#8217; in your own sentence.<\/li><li>What does\u00a0<strong>\u201ccrank up\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0mean?\u00a0<em>\u201cCome summer, if folks want to be working from home on Fridays, they really need to <strong>crank up<\/strong> the effort.<\/em>\u201d Give 2 synonyms and use &#8216;crank up&#8217; in your own sentence.<\/li><li>What is the meaning of <strong>\u201cbuzzword\u201c<\/strong>?\u00a0<em>\u201cThe latest <strong>buzzword <\/strong>in international travel is \u201cecotourism\u201d.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Kindly use the word in your own sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you think of working from home? Is remote working a liability or not? 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