繼前幾年中國年輕世代興起的lying flat movement「躺平運動」，以及疫情期間美國爆發的great resignation「大離職潮」，今年七月一位紐約工程師在TikTok發布的影片，更是掀起了新一波的quiet quitting「安靜離職」風潮。本次讓我們從TOEIC測驗的情境，來了解職場浪潮。
安靜離職？
quiet quitting並非真的辭職或是離開職場，根據紐約工程師Zaiad Khan的影片表示：
Photo courtesy of photoAC / 照片：photoAC提供
You’re not outright quitting your job, but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond. . . You are still performing your duties, but you are no longer subscribing to the “hustle culture” mentally that work has to be our life.
（你並沒有徹底放棄工作，而是放棄了努力進取的想法……。你仍在履行 職責，只是不再精神上認同這種「奮鬥文化」的心態，認為工作必須是我們的生活。）
perform (v)在TOEIC測驗文化活動情境中，通常解釋為「表演」的意思， 但在工作職場情境裡，則代表「做、進行」，例如job performance「工作表現」，或是每年員工的performance review「績效考核」，review (n)在此是「評估、評價」而非「複習」的意思。
此外，review也可以當動詞使用，類似用作evaluate、assess「評估、評量」的意思。較難的同義字還有appraise (v)，名詞appraisal則代表「評估價值或品質」。
Mr Chen’s supervisor complimented his job performance.
（陳先生的主管對他的工作表現相當讚許。）
Employee appraisal typically takes place at the end of the year.
（員工考核通常在年底進行。）
hustle and bustle
subscribe (v)最常見的解釋為「訂閱」，但也可代表「認同、同意」某建議或意見。hustle可以是名詞或動詞，通常當名詞時有「充滿活力、行動力」的意思。
hustle and bustle形容一個地方「喧鬧嘈雜」，有匆促忙碌的感覺，如hustle and bustle of a marketplace「市場的喧鬧嘈雜」或office hustle and bustle「辦公室的喧囂」。
To escape from the hustle and bustle of city life, Ms Smith usually spends
her weekends at the cottage in the countryside
（為了離開城市的喧囂，史密斯女士通常會在鄉間小屋度過她的週末。）
反對奮鬥文化
hustle culture代表「奮鬥文化」，英文解釋為a culture that encourages employees to work more than normal hours.「一種鼓勵員工超時工作的文化」。
hours (n)可以解釋為「時數」或「時間」，一般工作時間就是work hours，彈性工時則可以用flexible hours或是flextime，其他用法還有office hours「辦公時間」、business hours「營業時間」。如果要表達工作時數很長可以說I work long hours，加班或超時工作也可用work overtime來形容。
Mr Collins usually needs to work long hours in the supermarket a week
before new year holiday.
（柯林斯先生在新年假期前，通常需要在超市工作較長的時間。）
Workers should receive overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours
in a workweek.
（勞工如果一週工作超過四十小時，則應該有加班費。）
keep up
quiet quitting就是反對奮鬥文化造成身心影響，以及工作與生活失衡而出現的一種風潮，這些安靜辭職人士(quiet quitters)平日在工作上僅追求跟上(keep up)工作進度，並且準時下班。
片語keep up解釋為「趕上、跟上」，可以在後方加上with (something)，代表「跟上（某事）」。
To keep up with the latest business news, Ms Jones needs to read at least five different newspapers after she arrives in the office.
（為了跟上最新的商業新聞，瓊斯女士進辦公室後至少需要閱讀五種不同的報紙。）
對於quiet quitting的風潮，許多人也有不同的見解和觀點，人生的確除了工作外應該有別的目標，工作和生活間如何取得平衡也一直是討論的焦點，但也有人認為工作除了升遷、薪水之外還有其他的價值，例如從工作中學習到不同的知識是更加寬廣、超越工作本身，你的看法是什麼呢？
【多益模擬試題】
1. Ms Lee reviews the _______ daily to prevent the banquet room from being
double-booked.
(A) reservations
(B) reserves
(C) reserving
(D) reserve
2. The regular and routine maintenance _______ next Monday so please back up your files before you leave for the weekend.
(A) has performed
(B) will be performed
(C) were performed
(D) is going to perform
【解析】
1. 正解為(A)。語意為「李小姐為了避免宴會廳被重複預訂，每天都會檢查預訂狀況。」空格前有冠詞the，後有副詞daily「每天」接to不定詞，因此空格應為名詞，作為述語動詞reviews的受詞。reservation「預訂」為複數形，符合語意，故(A)為正確答案。
2. 正解為(B)。語意為「定期與例行的維護將於下週一進行，所以請在週末離開之前備份您的文件。」本題是文法題，要找適合的動詞時態，由於句中的時間線索是next Monday，因此要選用未來式；而主詞維修必須由人執行，所以要選擇被動型態，故(B)為正確答案。
SOURCE:https://www.toeic.com.tw/info/article/toeic-power/news/quiet-quitting
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