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SCostantini - Reading Activities B2 - Millenials in the workplace
by SCostantini - (2020-03-13)
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Preparation 

1. The percentage of employees leaving the company:
    turnover rate;

2. A company's ability to keep its staff from leaving:

    employee retention;

3. Extensive; involving large numbers or a large area:

    large-scale;

4. To try hard to:

    to strive to;

5. Something that can cause damage or danger:

    a threat;

6. More than necessary or normal:

    excessive;

7. Something of value that you give up so that you can have something else:

    a sacrifice;

8. Moral principles defining what's good for society and its individuals:

    ethics;

9. To watch and observe over a period of time:

    to monitor;

10. To stop having something you want:

      to give up.

TOTAL SCORE is 10 out of 10 (100%)

 

Task 1

1. This report is based on the findings of how many surveys?:

    two;

2. This report was done for organisations that want to:

    increase the job satisfaction of the millennials who are working for them;

3. According to the report, which of the following would millennials be happy to do?:

    sacrifice pay so that they can work shorter hours;

4. According to the report, which of the following would promote millennials' loyalty to their company?:

    the company’s commitment to the greater good of society;

5. According to the report, millennials believe that it is important to:

    be appreciated for the work you do;

6. If managers want to keep their millennial employees happy, they should:

    give them options to work from home. 

TOTAL SCORE is 6 out of 6 (100%)

 

Task 2

1. This report is based on surveys that only questioned people born between 1983 and 1994.

    False;

2. The surveys were conducted in several different countries.

    True;

3. Millennials are less loyal to their companies than non-millennials.

    False;

4. Millennials believe that their technological skills are sufficiently advanced.

    False;

5. Managers should be aware of how happy their staff are with the amount of work they have

    been given.

    True;

6. Managers should worry about their own work–life balance and not concern themselves with problems in society.

    False;

TOTAL SCORE is 6 out of 6 (100%)