6 Minute English / Are you unhappy at work?

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I m Neil.

And I m Beth.

Beth, have you ever had a horrible boss, not been paid enough, or simply got tired of doing the same old boring job?

I love presenting Six Minute English of course, but some of my previous jobs have been pretty awful, Neil. When I waitressed in cafes I was on my feet ten hours a day it was exhausting!

Most people have had bad work experiences at one time or another - maybe a job that was boring, badly paid, or just working too much and getting burned out lacking energy or enthusiasm because of working too hard.

But does work have to be like this? Since most of our waking day is spent at work, how can we make sure our job doesn t make us unhappy? That's what we'll be discussing in this programme, and, as usual, will be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

Sounds good, Beth, but first I have a question for you. The worst job I ever had was the summer I spent working as a portable toilet cleaner at music festivals, but according to a recent survey by Forbes magazine, what was voted the worst job in the UK? Was it:

a) a call centre worker?b) a bartender? or,c) a traffic warden?

I think the answer might be a call centre worker.