第14期公司白领的极限点 - 英语阅读

How Long Before You Hit the Breaking Point?
公司白领的极限点
Do you have a‘breaking point’for your life—a point where long
你生活中是否会出现“崩溃点”，
work hours send you over the edge into work-family conflict?
长时间工作会不会让你感到家庭和工作的冲突把你逼到崩溃的边缘？
Based on new research on 22,436 IBM employees in 75 countries,
对IBM 公司在75 个国家的22,436 名员工进行的一项研究表明，
many people do, and that breaking point varies dramatically based
很多人的生活中都会出现“崩溃点”；
on whether employees are free to work from home part of the time,
根据员工是否可以有部分时间在家办公，“崩溃点”差异很大。
or not.
调查结果令人惊讶。研究人员发现，
In a startling finding, researchers discovered telecommuters on
相比在办公室中工作的人，
flextime schedules can cram in 19 more hours of work a week, compared
安排更有弹性的远程工作者每周可以多挤出19 个小时工作，之后才会出现
with people who work entirely in the office, before they begin to
工作上的“崩溃点”。
report work-family conflict.
研究的主持者之一是
The study was co-authored by E. Jeffrey Hill, a professor in the School
杨百翰大学家庭生活学院教授、
of Family Life at Brigham Young University and a long-time researcher
工作家庭问题资深研究人希尔。
on work-family issues.
希尔博士发现，整天在办公室待着的员工在工作38 个小时后开始抱怨工作
Those who did all their work in the office began to complain of
与家庭出现冲突。
work-family conflict after 38 hours of work.
不过希尔发现，
However, those who were able to extend their workday from home by
那些不需要整天呆在办公室、
telecommuting, rather than putting in longer hours at the office,
可以选择远程办公的人在工作57 个小时后才会开始抱怨
could log 57 total hours before starting to feel the strain, counting
（把在办公室和在家工作的时间都计算在内）。
both hours at the office and at home, Dr. Hill found.
时间的计算是根据两组员工中——
The hourly tallies are based on the point at which 25% of each of the
在办公室工作和实行弹性工作制、在家办公的人——各有25%表示工作与家庭出现冲突的时间。
two groups of employees-the office-bound workers and the telecommuters
研究结果将发表在本月的《家庭心理学期刊》上。
on flextime-reported work-family conflict.
这个研究结果在我看来是真实的。
This basic pattern rings true to me.
多年前开始在家办公，我发现比起成天闷在编辑部里，
Since I began telecommuting years ago, I have found I could happily
我可以快乐地工作更长时间。
log longer work weeks than when I was confined to the newsroom.
不过，我得承认，研究中显示19 个小时差距——相当于每周多两天
The size of the 19-hour gap in this study, however—about two additional
——着实让人吃惊。
workdays a week—is surprising.