Hard Work

Discussion Questions

Hard Work

Student A

1. Do you work more, or less, than 40 hours a week?
2. Do you like working overtime?
3. Are you a hard worker, or are you just at work pretending to always be busy? 
4. Do people in your country work too hard or not hard enough?
5. What do you think of a four-day work week? 
6. Which professions do you think work the hardest? And the most hours? 
7. If you could learn a different job, just for one day to see what it’s like, what would you do?
8. Do you think being a housewife is a real job? Should a housewife get paid? If yes, how much?
9. On a scale from 1 to 5, how much do you like your current job?
10. Where do you see yourself in five years?

Student B

1. Do you often work overtime?
2. Do you usually get paid the correct overtime rates in your country? 
3. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? 
4. Does working hard make you feel good at the end of the day? 
5. How many hours a week should people work?
6. How many paid vacation days do you get in your country per year? 
7. Can you think of any professions which are paid too little? 
8. Are there jobs that men do better than women do? What are they?
9. What age do you think is good to retire?
10. Do you have any retirement plans?

---