抱怨工作无聊?怪老板?一名法国公司员工把自己的公司告上了法庭，原因是他觉得自己的日常工作太无聊。接下来查字典英语网带你看个究竟。
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词汇: work 工作
Youmighthaveheardofpeoplewhoconsidersuingtheirformeremployerforhavingbeenbulliedormadetoworkovertimewithoutpay. Butwhatabouttakingyouremployertocourtforhavinggivenyouworkthatistooboring?
That'sexactlywhatFredericDesnard, a 44-year-oldFrenchmandid. Heclaimedthathisbossesataprestigiousperfumecompanystrippedhimofmeaningfultasksinhismanagerialjobandgavehimdutieswhichweresodulltheyaffectedhishealth.
DesnardtoldFrenchnewsagencyAFP: "Iwentintodepression, Iwasashamedtobepaidtodonothing". Hewentonsickleaveforsevenmonthsandwasfiredin 2014. Theformeremployeewanted €360,000 incompensation.
Somepeoplemightarguethatbeingboredshouldalmostbepartofthejobdescription. LarsFredrikSvendsen, authorof 'APhilosophyofBoredom' andProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofBergen, says, "Mostofthewordsforworkinvariouslanguagestendtotellthatit'sareallyunpleasantphenomenon. TheFrenchwordtravailgoesbacktothetrepalium, itwasawordforatortureinstrument."
Soshouldemployersreallycareiftheirstaffareboredtodeathaslongastheydotheirtasks? Svendsenthinksitisintheirinteresttohaveastimulatedworkforce. Theacademicsays, "Employeeswhocareaboutwhattheydotendtodoabetterjobthanthosewhodon't. Itwillprobablybewiseforemployerstoatleastfacilitatesomeperceptionofmeaningatwork. Lettheworkersfeelthattheirworkismeaningfultothem."
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