囧研究 朝九晚五的工作越来越少

 　　If your ideal job involves clocking in at 9 and heading home at 5, good luck finding it.

　　如果你理想中的工作是朝九晚五的话，祝你好运能得到一份这样的工作。

　　According to new research from tax and consulting firm EY, people across the globe are working longer hours than ever before.

　　根据税务及咨询公司EY的最新调查，在世界范围内，人们的工作时间比以往更久。

　　In a global survey of 9,700 adults between ages 18 and 67, nearly half (46%) of managers around the world reported logging more than 40 hours a week, and 40% said their hours have increased over the past five years.

　　一次对全球9700名年龄在18岁至67岁成年人的调查中，近半数（46%）的经理们工作时间超过每周40小时，40%的人表示他们在过去5年里延长了工作时间。

　　Americans have it particularly bad: 58% of managers in the US reported working over 40 hours a week. The only country where people work longer hours is Mexico, where 61% said the same.

　　美国的情况尤为严重：在美国工作的经理中，58%的人每周工作超过40小时。只有墨西哥人的工作时间超过美国，那里有61%的人工作时间超过每周40小时。

　　Compare that to China, where just 19% of managers said they work over 40 hours a week.

　　与之相比，在中国只有19%的经理每周工作超过40小时。

　　The survey found that parents have seen their hours increase more than nonparents. Among managers, 41% of full-time¹ working parents said they've seen their hours increase in the last five years, as opposed to 37% of nonparents.

　　调查发现有小孩的人的工作时间比没有小孩的人增加的多。41%全职工作的父母表示他们在过去5年里演唱了工作时间，而没有孩子的人中只有37%的人这样表示。

　　So it's of little surprise that one-third of full-time employees said it's gotten harder to balance work and family in the past five years.

　　因此，有点令人吃惊的是，三分之一的全职雇员认为在过去5年里，想在工作和家庭取得平衡越来越难。

　　In fact, while most people said they value flexibility² at work, about 10% of US employees who have tried to implement³ a flexible schedule said they've suffered a negative consequence, like being denied a promotion⁴, as a result.

　　事实上，尽管大多数人喜欢弹性工作制，但约10%尝试过弹性工作制的美国雇员表示他们因此受到了负面影响，例如晋升受阻。

　　Companies would be wise to rethink their flexible-schedule policies if they want to retain workers. More than two-thirds of respondents said they would consider quitting a job if their boss didn't allow them to work flexibly.

　　对于公司而言，要想留住员工，明智的做法是重新考量弹性工作制。超过三分之二的受访者表示如果老板不同意弹性工作制，他们就将辞职。

1 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

2 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

3 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

4 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。