多年前我收到一位在某科技公司的主管,他即將要被派到在美國亞利桑那的新工廠,有一天告訴我:「我如何跟美國員工說我們採用的是責任制?」Oh my ... 我們展開了至少五堂課的文化銜接! 法律上來看美國有責任制的職位(an exempt position),所以寫得很清楚。但是在我看來台灣的責任制比較不一樣? ❝ There is a kind of work ethic that runs in the veins of Taiwanese workplace. Doesn’t matter it’s blue or white collar, in a factory or on the ocean - that is 責任制. Technically in English, it’s an exempt position - meaning that the job is exempt or excluded from overtime pay, getting a fixed salary no matter the hours. However, I like to call 責任制 a work culture rather than a policy in Taiwan. It’s unwritten, unspoken yet expected. In Taiwan, it manifests itself as desk warming, as working overtime without pay, as accepting unreasonable hours. While holding someone accountable is one thing, it’s another thing to have a society that is ruled by it. People who abide by the “exempt culture”, will do more to look good, to carry the team and to avoid liability. More is always better - you would be seen as hardworking, diligent, austere, a trooper, a Spartan. ❞ 來看看關鍵字 - 📌exempt 免除的(如 excluded) - 📌overtime 超時的(注意加班稱為 to work overtime) - 📌(fixed) salary 固定薪資 - 📌work culture 職場文化 - 📌work ethic 工作道德 - 📌policy 制度 - 📌liability 連帶責任 - 📌diligent 殷勤的 - 📌a trooper 口語很靠譜、陪到底的(原意軍人或騎警) - 📌a Spartan 神隊友,同上(原指『斯巴達』) - 片語:hold someone accountable 追究責任 - 片語:run in the veins of 一種說法,指根深蒂固,在「血管裡」 🤔 補充說明:desk warming 你有沒有注意,明明是休息或是已經下班時間了,但是有人總是坐在位置上工作?如果你自己 clock out 感覺不好意思,所以順勢坐在椅子上...do nothing?這個就是所謂的「desk warming」,也可以說為裝忙。 你有這種「今日事今日畢」的工作觀嗎?⬇️