day 150pay and performance

pay and performance

Talk about pay, performance reviews, targets and workload, using the idiom frames 非A非B, 可A可B and 连A带B.

today’s words

• 年薪 niánxīn · annual salary
• 薪酬 xīnchóu · pay, remuneration
• 报酬 bàochou · pay, fee (for work done)
• 奖赏 jiǎngshǎng · to reward
• 报销 bàoxiāo · to claim back (expenses)
• 绩效 jìxiào · performance (at work)
• 业绩 yèjì · results, track record
• 指标 zhǐbiāo · target, indicator
• 评审 píngshěn · to assess, judge; panel
• 处分 chǔfèn · to discipline; disciplinary action
• 不力 bùlì · ineffective, not up to the job
• 怠工 dàigōng · to go slow (at work)
• 罢工 bàgōng · to strike, go on strike
• 工会 gōnghuì · trade union
• 敬业 jìngyè · dedicated (to one’s work)
• 胜任 shèngrèn · to be up to (a job)
• 重任 zhòngrèn · important task, heavy responsibility
• 担负 dānfù · to bear, shoulder (costs, duties)
• 肩负 jiānfù · to shoulder (a mission)
• 兼 jiān · to hold (two jobs) at once; and
• 兼任 jiānrèn · to hold a second post
• 兼顾 jiāngù · to attend to both, balance
• 分担 fēndān · to share (a burden)
• 推卸 tuīxiè · to shirk, pass the buck
• 打下手 dǎxiàshǒu · to help out, be an assistant
• 充当 chōngdāng · to serve as, act as
• 忙活 mánghuo · to be busy (with chores)
• 夜班 yèbān · night shift
• 一线 yīxiàn · front line
• 繁重 fánzhòng · heavy, demanding (work)
• 公事 gōngshì · official business
• 事宜 shìyí · matters, arrangements
• 缺席 quēxí · to be absent (from a meeting)
• 请示 qǐngshì · to ask for instructions
• 上报 shàngbào · to report to a higher level

sentences

• 她今年的业绩是全公司最好的，董事长也很赞许。 · Her results this year are the best in the whole company, and the chairman is full of approval.
• 出差的车票和饭钱都可以报销，不用自费。 · Train tickets and meals on business trips can all be claimed back: you don’t pay out of your own pocket.
• 他跟我们非亲非故，却没要报酬。 · He’s no relation or friend of ours, yet he took no payment.
• 报告里有些话可有可无，可以删掉。 · Some lines in the report aren’t really needed: you can cut them.
• 我相信你能胜任这份工作，你不愧是团队的骨干。 · I’m sure you’re up to this job: you really are the backbone of the team.