CORRECTION BTS CG 2 MORE BOSSES ORDER WORKERS BACK TO THE OFFICE AS JOB MARKET SHIFTS

 MORE BOSSES ORDER WORKERS BACK TO THE OFFICE AS JOB MARKET SHIFTS

TIPS :Vocabulary to be learnt :

The headquarters ( le siege social)    ðə ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtəz ( le siːʤ ˈsəʊʃᵊl)
Nearly ( presque )    ˈnɪəli ( presque )
A spokesman ( un porte parole)    ə ˈspəʊksmən ( ˌʌn pɔːt pəˈrəʊl)
(to) comply ( obeir / se soumettre a ) to sth    (tuː) kəmˈplaɪ ( obeir / seɪ soumettre eɪ ) tuː sth
The office occupancy ( le taux d occupation d un bureau)    ði ˈɒfɪs ˈɒkjəpᵊnsi ( le taux diː ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃᵊn diː ˌʌn ˈbjʊərəʊ)
(to) fill position ( remplir des postes vacants )    (tuː) fɪl pəˈzɪʃᵊn ( remplir des pəʊsts ˈveɪkᵊnts )
An employer = a CEO = a manager = the man in charge = the boss    ən ɪmˈplɔɪə = ə siː-iː-əʊ = ə ˈmænɪʤə = ðə mæn ɪn ʧɑːʤ = ðə bɒs

The employees = the staff = the workers = the personnel = the workforce    ði ˌɛmplɔɪˈiːz = ðə stɑːf = ðə ˈwɜːkəz = ðə ˌpɜːsᵊnˈɛl = ðə ˈwɜːkfɔːs


CORRECTION 

 
INTRODUCTION : same as usual 

SUMMARY OF THE FACTS
TIP : analyse the title
Bosses  are ordering workers to come back to the office.
The word order is really strong and shows the determination and the anger of some CEOs who are trying to force workers to  give up on teleworking and thus  to come back to the office full time .

1 ST PARAGRAPH :
 Employers are fed up of seeing their offices empty. ( to be fed up with/ of = en avoir assez)
They want more employees to come back to work in the office everyday.
Thus some companies have issued directives  to order workers who are doing remote working or even hybrid work to come back to the office full time.
Let us define teleworking . This practice had skyrocketed since the covid pandemic which  compelled = forced workers to stay at home for health reasons.
Thanks to the digital revolution workers are  often able to perform = do  all tasks from home without having to commute or come to the office any days of the week.
Hybrid work is a regular occurrence ( an occurrence = a phenomenon)  nowadays and is a middle ground between office work and teleworking . It means working from home at least 2 days a week while  coming to the office the 3 other days .
The text underlines that even hybrid work does not stand in the good books of  ( be in someone’s good books = when someone like you ) the employer who wish ( wish someone to )  their employees to head back= to return  to the headquarters of the companies.

SECOND PARAGRAPH
 This paragraph highlights the diverging views of the employers versus their staff.
While( pendant que )  the managers believe that working from home is unproductive and inefficient ( i quote line 9 ) their personnel  are keen to ( be keen to = to want to ) stay at home  to save  on commuting time .
The workers also believe that meetings and interacting with  colleagues make them less productive.
On the other hand their superiors reckon that interaction improves problem solving  i quote line 11 and strengthens = reinforces the identity of the company.Moreover they need people in the office to train new hires.
Therefore the new trend as the title points out is to recall employees to the office  for 5 days a week.

THIRD PARAGRAPH
But the downside in this reversal of attitude/ in this shift is that people are quitting their jobs in droves = en masse .
Indeed they got used to working ( get used to + ing = avoir pris l habitude de )  from home and wish to find a company that gives them the same opportunities.
Hence = thus  the companies  are struggling to ( to struggle to = lutter pour / avoir du mal à )  find ways to convince people to attend their office while keeping their workers on the paylist.( garder leur travailleur)

FOLLOW UP WORK :
1)    the pros and cons of teleworking

2)    the solutions to attract more employees back in the office cf gender equality how to make women work more ( care centers in the headquarters /flexible working hours/ bonuses for extra time / samller headquarters closer to their homes/ company cars to ease the commute / the 4 -day week ) 

CONCLUSION
This text which dates back from 2023 is quite topical ( dactualité) as we can see this trend soaring and more and more companies  demanding higher attendance level from their staff.
And yet we might wonder ( on peut se demander )  which impact this move might have on the planet since it might lead to a rise in pollution from commuting.
Moreover  recent studies have shown that employers’ move to ban teleworking is in fact  to cover up = hide the need to reduce their companies’ workforce.
As a matter of fact  as employees quit their  jobs because they are looking for better working conditions, we notice that = we remark that they are not often replaced by new hires all the more so as ( dautant plus que )  we soon might witness a new digital revolution with the adoption of AI in most domains.