Lekcja 14: Temp Jobs

Temporary employment is becoming widespread among companies, which are learning how to take advantage of the temporary workforce. Additionally, for many professionals temp jobs have become a means of climbing the career ladder. This flexible employment option is gaining in popularity because it is a way to achieve a better work-life balance.

Publikacja: 12.12.2007 19:40

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Temporary assignments can be a great choice for those who enjoy variety and value their independence. On the other hand temporary employment undermines job security and stability. Moving continually from job to job and facing the prospect of unemployment is a serious drawback.

Let’s take a closer look at both advantages and disadvantages of temporary employment.

advantages

Temp jobs are a way to gain new skills or to heighten skills you already possess.

A temporary worker brings knowledge to the company, which can contribute to more efficient ways of getting things done. Implementing new and better ways of doing things benefits the company’s profitability.

If you enjoy flexibility and freedom, you'll find that you have greater control of your work schedule than your full-time counterparts. You can take time off between assignments and arrange flexible hours that allow you to pursue other interests.

Keeping a percentage of the workforce on a temporary basis allows the company to achieve a balance with fluctuating orders and just-in-time manufacturing schedules. Keeping a portion of the workforce temporary can save considerable dollars. This works especially well for companies with seasonal products and new start-ups.

disadvantages

In temporary jobs you are more accountable to your work.

If you are risk-averse, temping probably isn't for you. Constant assignment changes and new people and procedures are the norm.

You have to work hard to earn a good reputation and good references from your employer.

Temporary employees do not earn annual leave or sick leave. A temporary employee may ask for time off and it may be given, but it is not paid leave.

Word-of-the-week sick leave –absence from work because of illness (chorobowe)Expressions with ‘leave’: leave of absence –a formal permission to be away from work (usprawiedliwiona nieobecnosć) maternity leave –a period when a woman is officially allowed to be absent from work before and after giving birth (urlop macierzyński)parental leave – time when a parent is allowed to be away from work to look after the baby (urlop wychowawczy)

Glossary: widespread – existing or happening in many places (rozpowszechniony)gaining – to obtain something (zyskać)undermines – to make someone less confident, less powerful (podważyć) heighten – to increase an emotion or effect (potęgować)profitability – money earned in a business (zyskowność)risk-averse – wanting to avoid risk (unikający ryzyka)considerable – large or of noticeable importance (pokaźny)accountable to– completely responsible for what they do (odpowiedzialny)start-ups – a small business that has just started (nowo powstała firma)

Complete the gaps with words from the text1. Being the manager he was …………………..to the whole project.2. The disease is ………………….. especially in poor districts of the city. 3. The program is ………………. in popularity among teenagers.4. We need extra funding for our new ………….business.

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Malwina Staszak, metodyk Archibalda

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Temporary assignments can be a great choice for those who enjoy variety and value their independence. On the other hand temporary employment undermines job security and stability. Moving continually from job to job and facing the prospect of unemployment is a serious drawback.

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