Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9 - Out of the office for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to a brief summary of the lessons David Bolchover takes from his experience. Answer the questions in Exercise 6.

Answer

  1. Maybe – although being able to stay at home doing nothing and getting paid is unusual, Bolchover argues that being at work and doing nothing isn’t.
  2. Bolchover blames the disconnection workers feel when they are employed by big companies. They don’t see how their small contributions fit the whole picture.
  3. Bolchover’s lesson is that we should break up large companies and make people feel their role at work is more important.