觉得自己的工作毫无意义？越来越多人这么想_公共英语阅读理解

觉得自己的工作毫无意义？越来越多人这么想

我承认，以上这些消息我们早已见怪不怪了。从200年以前，雇员们就开始担心不断发展的自动化，雇主们也不断说服自己会有新的工作应运而生，取代他们的位置。让我们回顾一下，1800年，那时美国的农民大约占总人口的74%，而到了1900年这一比率降到了31%，到了2000年农民只占全美总人口的3%。然而农民的减少并没有造成大规模失业。1930年，著名经济学家约翰·凯恩斯曾预言：到2030年我们一周只需工作15小时，而自从20世纪80年代开始，工作在我们生活中所占的比重只增不减，还带来了过度疲劳和压力过大等一系列问题。

Meanwhile, the crux of the issue isn’t even being discussed. The real question we should be asking ourselves is: what actually constitutes “work” in this day and age?

但同时，我们甚至没有讨论到问题的核心。我们需要扪心自问的真正问题是：如今，是什么驱动着我们继续“工作”？

What is “work” anyway?

到底什么是“工作”？

In a 2013 survey of 12,000 professionals by the Harvard Business Review, half said they felt their job had no “meaning and significance,” and an equal number were unable to relate to their company’s mission, while another poll among 230,000 employees in 142 countries showed that only 13% of workers actually like their job. A recent poll among Brits revealed that as many as 37% think they have a job that is utterly useless.