Do you have a dedicated room for remote work during the pandemic?
A recent study from Stanford University showed that only 49% of American workers have a dedicated room for remote work, while the remaining 51% are working either from their bedrooms or a communal area.
Also, Millennials may be struggling more than older generations over remote work. A quarter of them really don’t want to work from home at all post-pandemic.
Why is that? Most Millennials live in small apartments and don’t have a good work-life balance. Some of them share small two-bedroom flats with friends. Wi-Fi may be unreliable, and space is at a premium.
疫情大流行期間，你是否有專門的工作室用來遠距辦公？
美國史丹佛大學最近一項研究顯示，僅有49%美國上班族有專門房間可以遠距辦公，其餘51%的上班族只能借用臥室、公共區域來工作。
而別以為千禧世代會青睞遠距辦公，經過這次疫情洗禮，他們其實比老一輩對遠距辦公這件事更糾結。有高達4分之1的人在疫情過後，一點都不想在家工作。
為什麼會這樣？因為多數千禧世代目前都住在小公寓裡，沒有工作與生活間的平衡；而有些人則與朋友合租兩房一廳公寓，不僅Wi-Fi網路不穩定，工作空間也極有限。
be at a premium 指「非常稀缺、非常寶貴」，代表這個東西因為太少見了，所以更處於更彌足珍貴的狀態。
例句：
Free time is at a premium for first-time parents.
對新手爸媽來說，空閒時間是極珍貴的東西。
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