Chatterbox #284 – The cult of overwork

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🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In many countries, there is a cult of overworking and people are expected to work long hours. In fact, working long hours can be seen as a sign of good moral ethics. However, overworking is also a big problem for workers, as it puts a lot of stress on them. In this Chatterbox episode, Andrew and Anna discuss the cult of overworking and their experiences with this phenomenon. Chatterbox is a series designed for intermediate and advanced English language learners. This series features conversations between two native English speakers on a variety of interesting topics. Fun facts According to a 2017 study, Cambodia was the country that had the longest working hours, with employees putting in an average of 2455.55 hours annually. The lowest out of the 66 countries studied? Germany! They clocked in with an average of 1353.89 hours per employee. Expressions included in the study guide Near and dear to [one’s] heart Dependent To battle with [something] At the whim of [someone] Hamster wheel Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Tim Gouw (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. My name is Andrew and my name is Anna and you're listening to the
0:08.5	Culeps English podcast. cast. the Q-Up Series for Intermediate and Advanced English Learners
0:24.0	that features natural conversations between two English native speakers
0:29.0	about something very interesting.
0:31.0	And of course today we have a great topic prepared for you
0:35.9	it's one that's near and dear to both my heart and my co-host Anna's heart
0:42.1	Anna hey there what's going on?
0:45.1	Hey, how are you, Andrew?
0:47.1	I'm doing very well, and Anna, what are we going to talk about today?
0:52.6	Today we're going to talk about a really interesting topic for me
0:56.0	because it's something that I'm dealing with at the moment,
0:59.1	which is overwork and the culture of overworking.
1:04.8	Yes, now I said it was near and dear to our hearts,
1:08.0	and maybe that wasn't the best way to phrase it.
1:11.2	I think why I said that is because it is something that we are both
1:14.3	dealing with and that probably many of our listeners are dealing with as well.
1:20.0	So in that regard it is close to us, but it's not something that we love is it? I'm not really a big fan of overworking personally.
1:30.0	No, of course not. I think nobody likes to overwork and I think this is one of the key issues that a lot of people have
1:45.0	been faced over the past couple of years and I think it's something that's so important that people learn how to deal with in the future, with the future way of working,
1:49.0	and now that we're all working at home, and this is something that's going to be I think even more important as like an issue in society moving moving forward.
1:59.0	Exactly. So we'll get into this conversation in more detail here and just a moment everyone but before we do I want to let you know about the study guide and transcript that's available for this episode and actually we make study guys and
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