Ana #7 – Work versus Private Life
June 7, 2009Boundaries at work regarding personal life are insidiously blurry to employees. Making phone calls at work, using the work phone to call the loved one, going to the bathroom to send and receive texts, giving excuses to get off earlier are common mistakes, that surely would jeopardize the employee’s image with his employer. The massive amount of people mix both sides of their lives very often, and this damage productivity at work as well as soothing moments of leisure with family. Maintaining work life apart from personal matters seem to be a tricky issue for most people, when it should not be.
Employees should prioritize what comes first to them at the moment, if it is sticking with their job or taking care of their children, for instance. Feeling guilty for not being present enough when you have a child ought not to happen, the employee has to balance tasks and not give up his personal life at the same time, or else it will gradually become overwhelming. Dwelling on what is going on with your child at work harms self-steem and stresses out, due to this, people should always be organized and have a backup plan in case they have to work an extra hour or their child is sick or if the child needs extra care. Therefore, Maria wouldn’t have to make phone calls during the work time, because she wouldn’t be worried about what’s going on with her child.
What cannot happen is being unhappy, incensed and overpowered at having to go to work everyday. If Maria is not happy with her job she should give it up or find another one or, on the other hand, it’s almost certain she won’t escalate the success ladder in her career. Going to work has to be pleasing or else it’s a sign that your future in the company is bound to fail.
Boundaries at work regarding personal life are insidiously blurry to employees. Making phone calls at work, using the work phone to call the(ir) loved one(s), going to the bathroom to send and receive text (messages), giving excuses to get off earlier are common mistakes that surely jeopardize the employee’s image (before = perante) his employer. (A) massive (number) of people mix both sides of their lives very often, and this (habit) damage(s) productivity at work as well as soothing moments of leisure with family. Maintaining work life apart from personal matters seem to be a tricky issue for most people, when it should not be.
Employees should prioritize what comes first to them at the moment, if it is sticking with their job or taking care of their children, for instance. Feeling guilty for not being present enough when you (avoid the use of second person in writing) have a child ought not to happen. (T)he employee has to balance tasks and not give up his personal life at the same time, or else it will gradually become overwhelming. Dwelling on what is going on with your child at work harms self-steem and stresses (people) out. (D)ue to this, people should always be organized and have a backup plan in case they have to work an extra hour or their child is sick or if the child needs extra care. Therefore, (employees) shouldn’t have to make phone calls during work time, because (they) wouldn’t be worried about what’s going on with (their) child.
What cannot happen is being unhappy, incensed and overpowered at having to go to work everyday. If ( people are) not happy with (their) job, (they) should give up or find another one (because) it’s almost certain (that these people will not be able to climb the) ladder. Going to work has to be (pleasant) or else it’s a sign that your (mine?)future in the company is bound to fail.
Content: 5 / 5
But you could have included an example of an specific instance where the person is really not happy with his or her job. A real case story. That is what was missing.
Structure: 4 / 5
Although you paper is very well structured, it sounds a lot like a Latin based paper. You should implement a more American way of writing. We will be dealing with it in class more intensevely now.
Vocabulary: 5 / 5
Grammar: 4 / 5
You have made some silly mistakes throughout the paper. Take a look at them.
Mechanics: 5 / 5
Total: 23 / 25