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55.Office Politics
55.辦公室政治
The office was in a bustle.
辦公室里一片忙亂。
As each person conferred with the other, they finally agreed that a compromise with the management needed to be made: they would take shorter lunch breaks so that they could all get new computer terminals!
大家互相交換意見，最后一致認(rèn)為應(yīng)該和管理部門妥協(xié)：他們將縮短午休時(shí)間，以便大家都能使用新的計(jì)算機(jī)終端！
The old machines were no longer compatible with the newest software and people were tired of complaining about all the system crashes!
那些老機(jī)器與最新軟件無法兼容，大家對(duì)沒完沒了的死機(jī)都抱怨得不耐煩了！
This was only happening because Mr. Warrens had one day decided to conduct a census on what could be improved in the office.
這件事情的發(fā)生是因?yàn)槲謧愃瓜壬幸惶鞗Q定就辦公室的改進(jìn)做一次調(diào)査。
When it was clear that concerns about coffee brands and the coke machine were not the only issues to be dealt with, the office people decided to select a team composed of the most respected members and send them to the headquarters.
當(dāng)他們弄清楚要解決的問題不僅僅是對(duì)咖啡品牌和咖啡機(jī)的關(guān)心之后，辦公室里的人決定選出一個(gè)由德髙望重的人組成的小組，把他們派往總部。
But management was not impressed. They didn’t want a union in their organization!
可是管理部門并沒有被感動(dòng)。他們根本不希望在公司里建立工會(huì)！
But mostly they were just concerned over giving too much power to the employees.
一般來說他們只擔(dān)心給員工的權(quán)力太多了。
Before any concessions to the employees were made, therefore, they made sure that everyone was complying with other management procedures.
因此，在向員工做出任何讓步之前，他們一定要保證每個(gè)人都遵守其他管理程序。
It was rough for a while, and some employees didn't like the new atmosphere where they felt like they were competing against one another, but the rewards given by management eventually compensated for the more disciplined approach.
一時(shí)間大家鬧得很不愉快，有些員工不喜歡這種新的氛圍，因?yàn)樗麄冇X得相互之間是在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，但是管理部門給的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)最終還是對(duì)這種更守紀(jì)律的做法進(jìn)行了補(bǔ)償。
Now that the new computers had arrived, each person became concerned again with his or her own performance.
現(xiàn)在新計(jì)算機(jī)已經(jīng)到了，每個(gè)人又開始關(guān)心起自己的表現(xiàn)來。
Each wanted to show that they were competent enough for promotion.
每個(gè)人都想證明自己有足夠的能力獲得提升。
They therefore concentrated more than ever on work.
因此他們對(duì)工作比以前更專心了。
Management couldn't have been more pleased!
管理部門這下可髙興壞了！
