商務(wù)英語實(shí)戰(zhàn)：我該為錢跳槽嗎

　　TheProblem 問題

　　I do interesting, rewarding work at a tiny specialisedconsultancy. I like the hours and the people, but the pay is measly. I've beentold I can rewrite my job description, although it wouldn't mean much moremoney. Instead, I could go for a bog-standard analyst position with a bank, withlonger hours, but increase my salary by at least 50 per cent. What should Ido?

　　我在一家小型專業(yè)咨詢公司，干著一份有趣也有價(jià)值的工作。我喜歡這里的工作時(shí)間和同事，但薪水非常微薄。有人告訴我，我可以修改我的工作描述，但這并不會(huì)意味著大幅漲工資。相反，我可以在銀行找一份初級(jí)分析師的工作，工作時(shí)間可能會(huì)加長，但薪水至少能提高50%。我該怎么做?

　　THEANSWER 回答

　　If I were you I'd stay put. The trouble is that I'm not you,but even taking that into account I'd urge you to stay putanyway.

　　如果我是你，我會(huì)按兵不動(dòng)。問題是我不是你，但即便如此，我也希望你無論如何要按兵不動(dòng)。

　　Thereare two snags for you in analysing whether to move. You don't know how importantjob satisfaction is to you until you try living without it, and neither do youknow how good or bad a new job might be. To move is to take a risk and for it tobe wise, the odds must becompelling.

　　在分析你是否該換工作時(shí)，有兩方面的障礙。在你沒有試過失去工作滿足感的情況下，你不知道它對(duì)你有多重要，你也不知道新工作對(duì)你是好還是壞。換工作就是要承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，如果想明智地?fù)Q工作的話，成功的概率必須很大。

　　Atabout your age I did the same thing in reverse. I was earning a lot of money inthe City, hated the job and spent much of my time crying in the loo. I swappedthis for an uncertain job on a magazine on less than half the salary. Because mystarting-point was so dismal, I reasoned the new position would be better. Itwas:much.

　　大約在你這個(gè)年紀(jì)時(shí)，我也做過同樣的事，不過方向恰恰相反。當(dāng)時(shí)我在倫敦金融城拿著高薪，但我憎恨這份工作，大多數(shù)時(shí)間都是在洗手間里哭鼻子。后來我在一家雜志換了一份不確定的工作，薪水少了一大半。由于我的出發(fā)點(diǎn)非常消沉，因此認(rèn)為新工作可能會(huì)更好。事實(shí)上的情況是：要好得多。

　　Ifyou are so poor that you can't afford to eat and pay the rent, or if the absenceof skiing holidays has become unbearable, you need to move. But if you are in agreyer area, wishing you had more money but prepared to struggle on, movinglooks too risky. Think how lovely your current job is. You have nice colleagues,good hours, interesting work - you can even write your own job description. At aguess, I'd put you in the top 0.1 per cent of the population in terms of jobsatisfaction. By contrast, I know a few happy City analysts and quite a lot ofmiserable ones. To run the risk of being in the latter group for only 50 percent more money doesn't seem like a good deal atall.

　　如果你非常窮，掏不起飯錢和房租，或者如果沒有假期去滑雪令你無法忍受，那么你需要跳槽。但如果你處于一個(gè)更為貧困的地帶，希望自己能有更多的錢，但又準(zhǔn)備繼續(xù)熬下去，那么換工作的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)似乎太大。不妨想想你目前的工作是多么地有趣。你的同事不錯(cuò)，工作時(shí)間合適，工作也很有趣--你甚至可以撰寫自己的工作描述。我猜，在工作滿意度方面，你可以算在前0.1%的人里面。相比而言，在我認(rèn)識(shí)的金融城分析師中，開心的很少，不如意的相當(dāng)多。為了多掙區(qū)區(qū)50%的薪水，就冒著成為后一類人的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，似乎不太像是一筆劃算的買賣。

　　Ofcourse, the ideal position is to have money and satisfaction. You are only 26;you have many years in which to achieve both. In time, can you earn more whereyou are? Can you supplement your income with something else? Even if you can't,you should move only when your need for more money has become intolerable. Thatpoint could come if or when you have a pram in the hall - although if you havemanaged to marry someone with a handsome income, that will solve all problems atone happystroke.

　　當(dāng)然，理想的情況是高薪與滿足感兼得。你只有26歲;有很多年的時(shí)間來實(shí)現(xiàn)這兩個(gè)目標(biāo)。到時(shí)候，你能掙得更多嗎?你能做其它什么事來增加自己的收入嗎?即使你不能，只有當(dāng)你難以按捺自己對(duì)掙更多錢的需求時(shí)，你才應(yīng)該換工作。如果或是當(dāng)你有了孩子時(shí)，這一天可能會(huì)到來--不過如果你想辦法娶了一個(gè)收入可觀的妻子，那么所有問題都將迎刃而解。