Office English: Extra work
4/27/202610 min
A new challenge at work can be exciting, but sometimes it's stressful. Pippa and Phil talk about discussing new opportunities and what to do when you have too much work.
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First 90 secondsPhil· Host0:00
Do you go above and beyond at work?
Speaker 20:02
I think you have to be careful that you don't end up spending a lot of your own free time working on something that you're not supposed to be working on or that you're not, in fact, being paid for.
Speaker 30:14
[upbeat music] If it's something that you actually really enjoy, then I think it's totally okay to do things outside of your job description, so long as you're looking after yourself and you're not putting too much pressure on yourself to get it done, because at the end of the day, you're not being paid for it.
Pippa· Host0:35
In today's episode of Office English, we're talking about doing work outside your job description.
Phil· Host0:42
Hello, and welcome to Office English, your podcast guide to the world of work. I'm Phil.
Pippa· Host0:47
And I'm Pippa. On our website, we have subtitles and a transcript, so you can read along with this podcast. Head to bbclearningenglish.com.
Phil· Host0:56
So Pippa, we're talking about what work you do and how much you do, and this can be a difficult subject at work. So let's start by looking at some common terms we hear when we talk about this.
Pippa· Host1:09
Yes. So we've got our job description, and that's what we're expected to do every day, day to day. So your usual tasks, your usual role, what is expected of you at work.
Phil· Host1:21
Yeah. We have this expression which we started the program with today, going above and beyond, and that means putting in extra effort