Vocabulary:
1. foster [verb] – encourage or promote a development of something
Our president ensures that we foster our new system.
2. entrepreneurship [noun] – the activity of setting up a business
I am a graduate of bachelor’s degree major in Entrepreneurship.
3. overtime [noun] – time worked beyond one’s scheduled working hours
I might do an overtime this week.
4. contribution [noun] – the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result to advance
I would appreciate if everyone gave their contribution to the company.
5. income [noun] – money received for work
Employees have multiple jobs to increase their income.
6. ailment [noun] – an illness
She can’t believe that her friend obtained an ailment due to her multiple jobs.
Moonlighting or kakemochi is a practice of a single worker having multiple jobs at the same time and it has become common at this time than before. The Japanese government is encouraging this social trend to foster entrepreneurship and promote innovation regardless of how those affect the workers – both regular and contingent workers.
Regular employees work for long hours, including overtime. Their way of thinking is if they stay longer in the office, they gain more respect for their contribution to their job; making it harder for these workers to embrace other jobs. Irregular or contingent employees‘ work hours are often cut into little units resulting to being paid per hour unlike regular employees who receive their salary every month. Even if job-jugglers earn additional income due to working for long hours, they are still expected to take full responsibility for physical ailments caused by overwork.
True or False:
- Job-juggling is more common before.
- Job-juggling can bring more opportunities for the government and workers.
- Job-jugglers have a high risk of health issues.
- Multiple jobs can increase one’s personal income.
- Regular employees find it hard to embrace other jobs due to their contributions to their current job.
Express your opinion:
- Do you think job-juggling is a good practice? Please explain your answer.
- Do you think job-juggling is risky?
- What makes job-juggling challenging to an individual?
Defend your argument:
- Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life.
- Work to live, not live to work.
- People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.