非正式会谈：聊聊你心目中的理想工作状态

受人生阅历和生活环境等因素的影响，每个人对理想工作的看法会不一样。本期，课高邀请了4位嘉宾，就“聊聊你心目中的理想工作状态”为话题进行探讨。看看中西方两种思维模式的人，会怎样看待这个问题？

番茄

女，25岁，居深圳

适合自己的就是最好的

我家是北方一个小县城的，来深圳上大学才算第一次出来见世面，所以毕业之后也没有回去。上学时被深圳的繁华所吸引，觉得大城市很好。直到真正开始工作，才发现大城市的压力大、竞争也大。我之前看过智联招聘发布的关于“白领年终奖”的一份研究报告：有22.3%的白领选择将年终奖用于学习进修;16.6%的白领用于培训充电，并且差不多96%的受访者认为自己需要充电学习。这种情况在深圳是很普遍的，因为我的很多同事，包括我自己在内都会这样做。一是怕自己在快节奏的职场中被淘汰，二是希望为自己的升职加薪做准备。而我留在县城老家工作的同学则不同，他们的工作节奏相对慢些，也不是很愿意在下班后继续为工作的事耗费精力。父母经常劝我回家，他们认为在小县城工作压力没那么大，还能一家人在一起，生活会更幸福。但是我觉得，大城市的工作会让我逼迫自己提升，我希望能变得更好，所以至少现阶段，我觉得这种有压力的工作对我来说是好的。

好事若雨

男，23岁，居四川

理想工作就是做喜欢的事

考大学时，父母给我报的专业是计算机，但是我从小就对写作感兴趣，初高中时还偷偷给杂志社投过稿。上了大学，我就更加肆无忌惮地开始写作了，当然也偷偷看了不少专业书籍。幸运的是，我的爱好还是取得了一点成绩，大学期间在一些征文比赛中获过奖。大四实习，同学们都选择了IT行业，我反而给媒体投简历，希望能和文字打交道。我很庆幸当初坚持了自己的爱好，大学毕业我回到家乡四川，找了一份记者的工作，一直工作到现在。虽然每天在城市里穿梭，加班更是常事，但是我乐在其中，自己的業务能力也在实际工作的摸爬滚打中不断提升，我觉得这就是理想的工作状态。理想工作，无非就是对工作有动力，但有动力的前提，需要你对它感兴趣。

David

24-years-old，live in London

A perfect job balances work & life

In the world today， all of the people needrecreation. We can't work all the time if we are goingto keep healthy and enjoy life. After my graduationfrom university， I have been an IT engineer. Butbecause of the pandemic， I have been working at homefor one and a half years. Nowadays， half of Britsfeel Covid-19 lockdown has given them the perfectchance of balancing work and life with more time toread， cook and exercise， so do I. The global pandemicand lockdown restrictions have had a huge impacton work-life balance for me for the better. I havemore time for myself， enjoying the slower life pace，exercising at home throughout the day and makingbreakfast in the morning. I think that my work-lifebalance to be perfect， and I could not achieve it withoutthe lockdown. Now， with the lifting of blockade， I amworried about maintaining it as life begins to returnto normal. Lockdown means I could slowdown， freeing up time I did not havebefore， and allowing myself to focus onthe things I enjoy and love themost. It is important to meto have a good work-lifebalance， and it makesme happier.

Nicola

22-years-old，live in Scotland

A four- day week is more attractive

Different from David， I am not worried aboutwork-life balance. In order to keep the total number ofpeople in employment high in Scotland， the governmentwill establish a £10 million fund to allow companiesto pilot and explore the benefits of a four-dayworking week. It will identify additional employmentopportunities and assess the economic impact ofmoving to a four-day week. And the First Minister saidthat Scots would also have free dental care and billionswould be invested into the NHS and infrastructurein the nation. Looking around Europe and seeingindependent countries of similar size to Scotland， I amamong the wealthiest， fairest and happiest in the world.With so many social welfares， some companies hereare looking into the prospect anyway. In fact， most ofcompanies in Scotland are considering bringing in afour-day working week after the pandemic. It meansI would benefit from the new move， as businesseslook at how to be more flexible post-lockdown. If itwould come true， not just I would have more time formy daily life， also it would boost productivity. For themost important， I think that a four-day week wouldgive much more opportunities to the growing list ofunemployed people. Through increased productivity，a four-day week would bring multiple benefits tothe society， the environment and our economy. Oneof the biggest impacts would be better mental healthand well-being across the board with more timeavailable for socializing， family and community. Ialready supported a four-day working week beforethe coronavirus pandemic hit， and now had a tasteof working remotely and on different hours. It's in noone's interests to go back to the pressure and stressthat people were under before this pandemic.