It can be tough to hang onto a part-time or telecommuting setup when you're going through a recession.
當(dāng)你正在經(jīng)歷經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退之時(shí)，獲得兼職或遠(yuǎn)程工作的安排可能并非易事。

I tried working part-time as a reporter for this newspaper years ago when my children were small, just as the economy hit the skids in a previous downturn. Although my bosses did their best to find a reduced-hours beat for me, cost controls, coupled with the nature of our work in that bureau, meant all the professional jobs suitable for me were full-time, heavy-travel positions. After briefly considering a beat that would have required me to travel often to Europe, far from my infant and two-year-old, I chose to leave the staff to freelance for a while.
幾年前，我曾想為《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》做兼職記者，當(dāng)時(shí)我的孩子很小，而經(jīng)濟(jì)在上一輪衰退中正在走下坡路。雖然我的老板盡最大努力為我尋找一份上班時(shí)間不長(zhǎng)的工作，但成本控制加上我們的工作性質(zhì)意味著所有適合我的工作都是全職而且經(jīng)常出差的職位。這就要求我經(jīng)常到歐洲，遠(yuǎn)離出生不久和剛剛兩歲的兩個(gè)孩子，經(jīng)過(guò)短暫的考慮后，我選擇了離職，從事一段時(shí)間的自由職業(yè)。

That experience hovered at the back of my mind as I reported today's Work & Family column, on how to hang onto your flexible work arrangement in a recession. These days, employees with measurable, clear job objectives, good communication with their bosses, essential cutting-edge skills and the ability to hit performance targets have a fair chance of hanging on to their flextime, part-time or work-at-home setups, I found. Indeed, some employers seem to be more amenable to this than in the past.

在我為今天的《工作·家》欄目撰寫(xiě)在經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退中應(yīng)如何獲得靈活的工作安排時(shí)，這段經(jīng)驗(yàn)又浮現(xiàn)在我的腦海中。最近，我發(fā)現(xiàn)擁有明確且可衡量的工作目標(biāo)、與老板保持良好溝通、擁有高超技能和能力達(dá)到工作目標(biāo)的員工會(huì)有合理的機(jī)會(huì)獲得彈性時(shí)間、兼職或家中的工作。事實(shí)上，一些雇主似乎比過(guò)去更愿意接受這樣的工作了。

But so many obstacles can still get in the way. All the important jobs in your office may be set up as full-time, office-based gigs. Your manager may have an 'all-hands-on-deck' mentality, making it harder to work flexibly. Co-workers may resent your absences from the office, even if you try to split the load equitably. Worse yet, some managers simply assume that anyone who can't work 60 hours a week is uncommitted and unnecessary.
但是，這仍面臨著許多障礙。單位中所有重要的工作可能都是專職、基于辦公室中的安排。你的經(jīng)理可能會(huì)有一種“一切盡在掌控”的心態(tài)，這增加了實(shí)行靈活工作制的難度。盡管你在努力平等地分擔(dān)工作負(fù)荷，但同事仍可能會(huì)對(duì)你不到辦公室感到不滿。更糟糕的是，一些管理人員單純地認(rèn)為，每周沒(méi)有工作到60小時(shí)的人就是不負(fù)責(zé)任和多余的。

Readers, what's the attitude toward flexible work arrangements at your office? Have you managed to hang onto a nontraditional work setup through this recession? Do colleagues' flexible setups cause problems for you at work?
讀者朋友們，你的單位對(duì)靈活工作制持何態(tài)度？在衰退中你是否曾得以保持非傳統(tǒng)的工作方式？同事的靈活工作制是否給你的工作帶來(lái)了問(wèn)題？

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