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she has the ability to start work earlier in the day so that he or she can be present when the children get home from school, or take time off during the day
for a doctor’s appointment. Another scenario could be a remote employee who
wants to attain further education in their field. Because they aren’t subject to
a strict schedule in a permanent workplace, a remote employee could pursue
a Master’s degree or continuing education course during the day and double
down on their work in the evening, or vice versa.
Better health and wellness
Remote employees are notably less stressed and have higher morale than
their in-office counterparts. In a report published by Royal Society for Public
Health in the UK, it was found that 55 % of participants felt more stressed as
a result of their commute. By eliminating that commute, and letting remote employees work in an environment that they’re comfortable in, employers are nurturing less stressed-out employees. Workers didn’t feel the need to skip out on
work without good reason because they felt engaged and focused within their
role instead of stressed or pressured. Happier, healthier employees produce better work and feel more committed to their companies. From this perspective,
remote work is just good business.
Renewed passion for their job
Remote employees tend to do their best work outside of the office. They
are more inspired by their surroundings and can filter out environmental distractions as they see fit. In fact, the opportunity to work remotely alone brings
a new perspective to a remote workers’ position. They see it as motivation or
a reward for their excellent work and are stimulated to continue to surpass their
goals in order to continue living the lifestyle that they’ve come to love.
How Remote Work Benefits Employers
Higher productivity
One of the most touted arguments for remote work is the increased productivity that comes with its flexibility. Remote employees are more likely to put in
extra effort in their jobs, going above and beyond to get their work done in
comparison to in-office employees. According to the State and Work Productivity Report, 65 % of full-time employees believe that working remotely would
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increase productivity – and their bosses agree. Two-thirds of managers who
were surveyed reported an increase in overall productivity from their remote
employees.
Cost savings
Remote employees are also great for a company’s bottom line. If a team is
fully-distributed, companies can see decreased overhead from money saved on
costs like rent and office furniture. To put that learning into perspective,
Flexjobs reported that employers can save $22,000 per remote worker per year,
even if their entire team is not remote.
Engaged employees
Beyond profit margins and higher-quality, more efficient work, employers
offer remote work opportunities to keep their employees happy and engaged.
Remote work is not just a flash in the pan for employee engagement – nearly
75 % of employees surveyed in a Softchoice study said they would quit their
job for one that offered remote work. That’s something that will make employers who are interested in talent retention listen in a little closer. Here’s another:
in a survey by TINYpulse, remote employees reported that they were happier
than non-remote employees and also felt more valued within their role.
What are some common misconceptions about remote work?
While remote work is becoming more and more common, it’s true that
there are still some misunderstandings about this working style. Here are the
ones that we hear the most often:
Remote workers have trouble communicating
It’s true that remote employees are not fixtures in in-person meetings. They
aren’t ingrained in water cooler conversations or happy hour meetups, but they
more than make up for it in their desire to remain connected to the team and be
successful in their work. Video calls are the simplest way to hold meetings as
a remote employee because it acts as a reminder that both parties are human and
allows team members to build virtual relationships. Because remote employees
tend to be self-starters by nature, they also tend to put in extra effort to over
communicate on project statuses, any obstacles they may be facing and extend
congratulations to other team members.
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Remote workers are “always-on”
This is a fear of remote employees and their employers alike. Employees
value working remotely because it gives them the freedom to make their own
schedule – not because it allows their schedule to be 24/7. Employers don’t
want remote employees to work nonstop either, for fear that they’ll burn out
and lose their passion for their position. It’s important in the beginning of a remote work agreement to work out which hours an employee should expect to be
available and which times of day are more open for flexibility. In addition to
laying down standards for availability, remote teams should set clear expectations about communication and develop messaging channels for its members.
Remote workers don’t actually work
We’ve heard this one enough! The stereotype of a remote worker is that
they sit in bed all day in their pajamas, working once in awhile, but not at the
same level as those who commute to the office each day. We know that this is
simply not true. In all of the time that we have spent with remote workers,
we’ve seen a variety of styles: those who wake up early in the morning for
a hike, shower off, and hunker down for a day of focused creation; and those
who get ready for the day as if they were going to an office setting, polished
outfit and all. What we do know is this: remote workers actually do nothing.
Ex. 6. Write down all new words and phrases in your notebooks.
Group them into sections: nouns, adjectives, verbs, and phrases.
Ex. 7. Decide if the statements are true or false:
1. Remote work is on the wane.
2. Remote work is a working style that allows professionals to work out-
side of a traditional office environment.
3. Remote employees can execute their projects and surpass their goals on-
ly in an office environment.
4. Nowadays many people choose remote working.
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5. On a typical day, all non-remote employees work from their home offices or nearby cafes and can work from their company’s office when it’s necessary.
6. There are few advantages to remote work for both employees and employers.
7. Only employees can get benefits dealing with remote working.
8. Remote workers wake up early in the morning and work all day till next
morning.
Ex. 8. In teams divide the following remote actions into pros and cons.
Explain your choice.
No commute, unhealthy lifestyle, no crowded trains and busses, you can
prepare your own healthy and fresh food instead of going to pricey cafeterias,
office work is very stressful and depressing, saving money for public traffic
tickets, no boss standing behind you, lying on a coach all day long, better sleep,
tired and frustrated faces around you, own working environment, no more traffic jams, lack of motivation, saving time for getting to the office, not leaving
the house, your own time rhyme, feeling healthier, Monday morning, terrible
back and neck pain, working from a comfy chair, flexible working hours, hard
to separate private life and business life, no spending ages in the bathroom to
get ready in the morning, collaboration suffers, making more decisions on your
own, no gas bills, lack of social interaction, sleeping a bit longer, not doing the
body any favor, more time for yoga and sport, no lunch together, working from
a lovely park or favorite café, reduced stress, longer breakfast, no business attire, being home alone most of time, hello joggers-jumpers-pajamas!, no need to
do the hair or put on makeup, wrapping in a blanket, you can literally work
from early morning until late at night, working when you feel most productive,
more time with family and friends, no quick coffee breaks, lack of productivity,
autonomy, time for yourself, no exchanging weekend plans with colleagues,
walking with a dog a bit longer than usual, no germs and bacteria of a closed
office environment, hard to switch off.
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Ex. 9. As you can see, there are plenty of pros and cons of working
from home. It is up to you to decide which ones are more important to you
and have a bigger impact on your well-being and happiness. If you want to go
for remote work, you should have most or better all of the following characteristics:
Choose one of the statements below and discuss in pairs:
a. You need to have A LOT of self-discipline.
b. You need to be able to stay focused and not get distracted easily.
c. You need to be great with time management.
d. You need to be organized and structured.
e. You need to be able to work on your own without constant supervision.
f. You need to be ok with working alone and spending most of your day
alone (or go to coworking spaces).
Ex. 10. Make a report or a presentation on the theme “The remote
working day of my dreams”.
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PART II. COMPUTER SCIENCE
UNIT 1. WORKING IN THE IT INDUSTRY
Vocabulary
outlook – перспектива, перспективное направление
cloud computing – облачные вычисления
database – база данных
software – программное обеспечение (ПО)
maintenance – сопровождение, техническое обслуживание
scaling – счёт (импульсов), шкалирование, понижение частоты, выбор
масштаба
backup – резервирование, копирование
migration – перенос; переход на новые технологии/версии ПО
to anticipate – предвидеть, предвосхищать
apprenticeship [ə’prentɪsʃɪp] – производственная практика
shipping records – экспедиторские отчеты
merging – слияние, объединение
violation – злоумышленное нарушение
to monitor – контролировать, отслеживать, наблюдать за
routine – регулярный, плановый, стандартный
Ex. 1. Make sure if you can read these words and word combinations
correctly and say what words in the Russian language help you to guess
their meaning:
Decade, ideal, server, company, firm, candidate, specialist, portfolio, design, migration, provider, infrastructure, problem, finance, focus, modification,
structure, document, certificate.
Ex. 2. Form adjectives adding the suffix -ness to the given nouns.
Translate the nouns and adjectives into Russian:
Example: black (черный, мрачный, унылый) + ness = blackness =
чернота; темнота, мрачность.
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Happy, busy, dry, lazy, kind, bitter, gentle, narrow, eager, hard, steady,
rough, easy, sad, smooth, bold, funny, fair, ill, thick, weak, dark, white.
Ex. 3. Match the terms with their definitions:
1. technical support; 2. web page; 3. information technology;
4. unauthorized access; 5. software; 6. database; 7. information security;
a) the study or use of electronic equipment, especially computers, for storing, accessing, analysing and sending information;
b) a document that is connected to the World Wide Web and that anyone
with an internet connection can see, usually forming part of a website;
с) the programs used by a computer for doing particular jobs;
d) technical help that a company gives to customers using their computers
or other products;
e) an organized set of data that is stored in a computer and can be looked at
and used in various ways;
f) ways of protecting information, especially electronic data, from being
used or seen without permission;
g) if something is happening without official permission.
Ex. 4. Find out synonyms in the list of words:
1. To manage; salary; to design; to estimate; to support; to protect; to iden-
tify; an error; stable.
2. To maintain; to guard; to recognize; to supervise; a mistake; wage;
steady; to evaluate; to construct.
Ex. 5. Find out antonyms in the list of words:
1. To grow; to store; to recruit; an employer; professional; responsible;
day-to-day; unauthorized; to create; software.
2. Hardware; a worker; to demolish; legitimate; to decrease; unreliable; to
fire; irregular; amateur; to waste.
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Text 7. Working in the IT industry
If you love technology and you’re looking for a well-paid job and a reliable occupational outlook, you’re in luck. The technical field is booming, and IT
occupations are expected to continue to grow over the next decade.
People with jobs in information technology (IT) use computers, servers,
networks, software and other technology to manage and store data. IT job titles
can vary significantly from one company to another. For example, one company may recruit a “programmer” while another company recruits a “developer” –
but the job may be exactly the same at two different companies, despite the job
title variation.
Some IT jobs with higher salary require that applicant have a bachelor’s
degree, in an ideal in software engineering, computer science, etc. Some employers worry more about the quality of your job than they do about your formal education. In essence, many firms estimate candidates based on their experience and portfolio.
The focus is on describing four IT jobs: Cloud Computing Engineer,
Computer Network Specialist, Computer Support Specialist, Database
Administrator, Information Security Specialist, Software/Application Developer, Web Developer.
Cloud Computing Engineer
A Cloud Computing Engineer is the Information Technology profession-
al responsible for any technological tasks associated with cloud computing.
These specialists build, define, design, and maintain systems and infrastructure
managed by cloud providers. Cloud Engineering also includes knowing and
implementing the best practices for deploying the application on a cloud. Cloud
engineer is mainly responsible for the following tasks:
1. Maintenance and support;
2. Cloud services management (Scaling, backup, migration);
3. Planning and design of the Infrastructure on Cloud.
Computer Network Specialist
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The priority of the Computer Network Specialist is the day-to-day support that keeps the network functioning. The tasks of the computer networking
specialist are as follows:
1. Maintenance of the hardware and software;
2. Monitoring of the system for potential disturbances;
3. Analysis of problems;
4. Developing plans for potential solutions.
Networking specialists must anticipate problems and develop plans to prevent them, or at least to minimize their effects when they do happen. As a rule
the computer networking specialists have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field. Some also have a master’s degree in business administration (MBA), with a focus on information systems.
A Computer Support Specialist provides technical support for computer
users, companies, organization’s customers, or their employer’s staff. These
specialists use computer equipment and software to assist them in providing
advice and help to their employer and their employee’s. They have a variety of
titles such as technical support specialist, information technology specialist (IT
specialists), computer technician, and several others. Some of these workers
support computer networks by testing and evaluating network systems and ensuring that the day-to-day operations work. Others provide customer service by
helping people with their computer problems.
A computer support specialist may need an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science or other area of technology. A recognized apprenticeship may be recognized in this career field as well. A technical background
would be expected usually accompanied by 1–2 years of training both formal
and informal, such as training with experienced workers. A vocational school
may also be considered for an applicant. Computer support specialists are employed in a variety of industries, including IT, education, finance, healthcare,
and telecommunication. Many help desk technicians work for call centers and
firms that contract with businesses, some work from home-based offices.
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Database Administrator
Database administrators use software to store and organize data, such as
financial information and customer shipping records. They protect the data
from unauthorized access. These specialists work in various fields of industries.
Some work for companies that provide computer design services. Others work
for organizations with large database systems, such as educational institutions,
financial firms, banks, hospitals, insurance companies and more. Database administrators, often called DBAs sometimes work with an organization’s management team to understand the company’s data needs. They help to plan the
goals of the database.
Some responsibilities of a database administrator include:
1. Identifying user needs to create and administer databases;
2. Ensuring that the database operates efficiently and without error;
3. Making and testing modifications to the database structure when needed;
4. Maintaining the database and updating permissions;
5. Merging old databases into new ones;
6. Backing up and restoring data to prevent data loss.
Information Security Specialist
The primary task of an Information Security Specialist is to safeguard
information system assets. The other duties are:
1. Identifying and solving potential security problems;
2. Protecting the system by defining control structures, and access privileges;
3. Recognizing abnormalities;
4. Determining security violations;
5. Upgrading systems by maintaining and implementing security controls;
6. Preparing technical reports;
7. Conducting periodical audits.
Possession of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering is
required to gain this position.
Software/Application Developer
Software developers design, run, and test various computer programs and
applications. They create software that enables users to perform specific tasks
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