Work Overtime

1. Is there a law in your country about how many hours a week people can work? Should there be?

2. Has there ever been a period of your life when you were more willing to do overtime? When was it?

3. How many hours a week would you like to work?

4. Have you ever been 'cornered' by a boss just as you were about to leave work? How did you respond? Should you do extra hours for free?

5. Do you think working longer hours actually means you do more work?

6. Who do you think works longer hours: men or women?

7. Which professions do you imagine work more extra hours: managers and professionals or skilled and manual labour?

8. What negative things can be caused by working too long?

9. How would you react if you were told at the job interview that the timetable would include shift work?

10. How would you react if you were told that you would have to work a lot of overtime?

11. What would you do if your boss asked you to work overtime unpaid?

Watch video here: Work Overtime

Read script here: Work Overtime Script

12. What is your reaction? Who, of Greg and Chris, is the most eloquent? Who is the most persuasive?

13. Did you like any of the techniques they used to try and persuade the other? Which ones? Does your boss use these techniques?

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Situation

You are a manager at a finance company. It is 8pm on a busy Wednesday evening. You see one of your employees (your teacher) putting on his jacket and getting ready to go home. What do you say to him?

Use the following phrases:

"We're all in this together."

"The others are staying."

"It's your responsibility to finish your work on time."

"You should be a team player."

"I'll send you a pizza if you need to eat, and pay for the taxi fare when you have finished."

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Discuss quotes

“Working overtime is an underpaid man’s salvation.”

― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“No" is a complete sentence.”

― Annie Lamott

“When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.”

― Brené Brown

Student Handout PDF: Work Overtime

June 20, 2022 Tags : Being Persuasive , ESL Conversation Lesson Plan , Flipped ESL Lesson Plan , Negotiating Boundaries

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