Remote work Vs. The Office

Conversation - B1-B2 | Intermediate Level

8 $

Mar. 19 Thu , 09:00 USA

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Description

Remote work changed everything. Many employees love the flexibility and lack of commuting, but managers often worry about teamwork and "company culture." This class analyzes if we are more productive alone at home or if the "watercooler talk" of a physical office is actually essential.

Session Activities

1: How many hours a week do you spend traveling to work or school? If you could get those hours back, what would you do with them?

2: When you work or study from home, do you wear professional clothes, or are you secretly wearing pajama bottoms under your desk?

3: What is your #1 distraction at home (the fridge, the bed, your dog)? What is your #1 distraction in the office (chatty coworkers, loud phones, meetings)?

1: Is it harder to "switch off" and stop working when your office is also your living room?

2: Do you think it is harder to get a promotion if your boss never sees you in person? Why or why not?

3: Is remote work making us lonelier, or are we just finding our social life outside of our jobs now?

4: Is remote work making us lonelier, or are we just finding our social life outside of our jobs now?

5: Is "Hybrid" (2 days in, 3 days home) the perfect balance, or is it the "worst of both worlds"?

Commute

The journey you make between your home and your place of work.

Flexibility

The ability to change or be changed easily according to the situation.

Productivity

The rate at which a person does useful work.

Boundaries

Limits that separate your professional life from your personal life.

Burnout

Extreme tiredness caused by working too much for too long.

Collaborate

To work together with others to achieve a specific goal.

Watercooler talk

Informal conversations between coworkers about non-work topics