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Modern Workplace June 5, 2016 The problem of long working hours is a real headache in our country. It kills many people every year (see Figure 1), and many companies are trying to change that. They have at least one “No Overtime Day” in a week, and it is often Wednesday. On “No Overtime Day,” workers are asked to leave their offices before 8 p.m. At 8 p.m., companies play the song “There’s Always Tomorrow” and turn off all the lights. However, after the workers walk out of their offices, they don’t go home. Some go back later, turn on their table lamps, and keep working, and others find somewhere else to work until very late at night. Restaurants and coffee shops are busier on Wednesday evenings, and they have started selling drinks and meals for these workers. But why do these people keep working? A study shows that workers who work more hours often have a bigger chance to get paid more and rise higher in their companies. This is true for both men and women (see Figure 2). Working long hours has become a way to show that people are hard-working. Clearly, this must be changed before the problem gets any worse. Figure 1: Number of people who die because of long working hours. 2011: 187, 2012: 216, 2013: 196, 2014: 220, 2015: 189. Figure 2: Percentage of chance to get paid more and rise higher. As average working hours increase, the percentage increases for both men and women.
Modern Workplace June 5, 2016 The problem of long working hours is a real headache in our country. It kills many people every year (see Figure 1), and many companies are trying to change that. They have at least one “No Overtime Day” in a week, and it is often Wednesday. On “No Overtime Day,” workers are asked to leave their offices before 8 p.m. At 8 p.m., companies play the song “There’s Always Tomorrow” and turn off all the lights. However, after the workers walk out of their offices, they don’t go home. Some go back later, turn on their table lamps, and keep working, and others find somewhere else to work until very late at night. Restaurants and coffee shops are busier on Wednesday evenings, and they have started selling drinks and meals for these workers. But why do these people keep working? A study shows that workers who work more hours often have a bigger chance to get paid more and rise higher in their companies. This is true for both men and women (see Figure 2). Working long hours has become a way to show that people are hard-working. Clearly, this must be changed before the problem gets any worse. Figure 1: Number of people who die because of long working hours. 2011: 187, 2012: 216, 2013: 196, 2014: 220, 2015: 189. Figure 2: Percentage of chance to get paid more and rise higher. As average working hours increase, the percentage increases for both men and women.
What can we learn from Figure 1 and Figure 2?
- A Long working hours killed more women than men in 2014.
- B Long working hours kills more and more workers every year.
- C Men usually have a bigger chance to get paid more and rise higher when they work the same hours as women.
- D Men and women have almost the same chance to get paid more and rise higher when they work 2,200 hours.
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我們先來比對數據：請觀察圖一中從 $2011$ 年到 $2015$ 年的人數變化，有呈現「一年比一年多」的規律嗎？接著看圖二，當男女性在同一個工作時數下，他們獲得高薪與升遷的機率在圖表中的位置（高度）看起來是很接近，還是有很大的落差呢？
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