H☆Mさんの おぼえた日記 - 2018年4月22日(日)

[Workplace Trends] (1,2,3) -Lesson 2 /Business Communication in Action-

Pat McMillan: Now that Bill Nissen has boomeranged back to A＆A, I'm seeing more and more people who left once and then returned to the company in the course of just a few years. Boomeranging is all the rage now. Lidia, what else is happening in the office that's in line with current workplace trends?

Lidia Grace: Well, maternity leave has become an important employee benefit. More companies are expanding their maternity benefits to compete for top talent and better retain current employees. We can expect this trend to accelerate in the next few years because of the new baby boom created by the millennial generation.

Chuck Salmans: Another important trend I've learned about from Lidia is that annual performance reviews have become outdated. Employees think they're a clumsy, inaccurate way of delivering feedback. The trend now is toward more spontaneous and constructive ways of assessing people's work performance, instead of a formal evaluation once a year.

Paul Pearson: As we've all seen, office attire and workplace culture have become more casual. We can expect that to continue as more millennials join the workforce and more people work remotely.



★[Well, maternity leave has become an important employee benefit.]
　ええ、産休・育休が重要な従業員向け福利厚生になりました。

★[words and phrases]
-[be all the rage]大流行している
-[in line with-]…に合致して/沿って
-[employee benefit/benefits]従業員福利厚生/給付金、⇒[benies]手当て
-[compete for-]…の獲得競争をする
-[top talent]最高の人材
-[retain]つなぎ留める/保持する、⇒[retainer]顧問料/弁護依頼予約金/家臣
-[accelerate]加速する
-[annual performance review]年次業績/勤務評価
-[become outdated]時代遅れになる/陳腐化する
-[clumsy]=[awkward]ぎこちない/下手な/扱いにくい
-[inaccurate]=[not accurate]=[incorrect]不正確な
-[deliver feedback]フィードバックを与える/評価する
-[spontaneous and constructive]自然で建設的な
-[assess]評価する
-[work performance]職務遂行能力/勤務成績
-[a formal evaluation]形式的な評価
-[office attire]仕事用の服
　⇒[formal attire]=[black tie]正装、[daily attire]日常の装い
-[work remotely](インターネットなどを介して)遠隔/在宅勤務をする
-[maternity leave](母親が取得する)出産休業と育児休業
　⇒[paternity leave]父親の産休・育休、[parental leave/family leave]