English Benefits: A Job With Benefits
| This is an entry in the series on “Job Benefits.” This week we’re talking about the positive side of our jobs.
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This is a topic we started talking about when we talked about health insurance in the United States. In the U.S.—and maybe in other English speaking countries—the term ‘job benefits’ doesn’t describe just anything positive about your job, it has an exact meaning.
Before You Start the Recording
What have you heard about jobs in the U.S.? After money, what things do you think that most American workers want to get in the U.S.? Do you have an idea what ‘job benefits’ might mean in American English?
Start the recording to hear what we mean when we say ‘job benefits.’
After You Start the Recording
Did you know what I was going to say? What do you think? How are these things organized in your country? Do you think it’s a better system than in the U.S.? Are there any other benefits that you think should be on the list of must-have benefits?
