摘要： 

　　英国最近公布的一项调查结果显示，为了迎接新年的到来，英国有四分之一的上班族想要辞去现在的工作。 

　　It is not booze, fags or flab that many people fantasise about giving up this new year. One in four working people in Britain want to celebrate 2005 by quitting their jobs. 

　　英国最近公布的一项调查结果显示，为了迎接新年的到来，英国有四分之一的上班族想要辞去现在的工作，先让自己好好放松一下，然后再去找一份新的工作。不过，他们是否真的会实施这一计划还有待进一步观察。 

　　据英国《卫报》11月29日报道，这份由英国“民治”(YouGov)调查机构组织的调查显示，有四分之一的上班族希望以辞职的特殊方式，来庆祝新年的到来。报告说，英国的雇主们通常很少关心职员的工作理想，这也成为员工跳槽的主要原因。在接受调查的人中，有83%的想要辞职的人相信，他们的老板不会花时间和心思去关心他们辞职的原因；59%的人则将新年视为一个找新工作的好机会。 

　　调查还显示，在多数情况下，不满意工作与生活的关系，也是英国员工萌生辞职念头的主要原因之一。只有11%的上班族认为其工作和生活处在很好的平衡状态；五分之一的人称自己的工作/生活平衡度“很差或极差”；三分之一的人相信，他们的老板在这方面做得“不好或很差”。 

　　对此，委托“民治”机构进行这项调查的英国软件公司Zynap的管理人员克里斯·麦克林说：“失去人才的直接危害就是企业耗费更多(的金钱)。这项调查说明，职业发展和处理好工作/生活关系都是非常重要的因素。它也进一步说明，公司需要在培养人才方面花更大的力气，只有这样才能让员工相信，他们的下一个机会在公司内部，而不是在其他什么地方。”

　　It is not booze, fags or flab that many people fantasise about giving up this new year. One in four working people in Britain want to celebrate 2005 by quitting their jobs. 

　　Whether this resolution joins the crash diet and gym membership in falling into abeyance by the second week of January remains to be seen, but it appears that employers are doing little to address disillusionment at work. Some 83% of those intending to leave their jobs believe their boss is not doing anything to address their reasons for quitting, according to the YouGov survey for software company Zynap. 

　　The survey revealed that 59% of the workforce is looking for new job opportunities, with the time spent reflecting on life over the festive season acting as a trigger for one in four people to seek a change. In many cases, an unsatisfactory balance between work and play was the reason given for wanting to resign. Only 11% of those surveyed said they had an extremely good work/life balance, while one in five rated it poor or extremely poor. One in three believed their employer was "bad or very bad" at addressing the issue. 

　　"The kneejerk reaction to the threat of losing talented people is often to pay more," said Chris Macklin of Zynap. "The survey shows that career development and work/life balance are highly significant factors. This is yet more compelling evidence that firms need to focus still more on nurturing talent so that employees are convinced their next opportunity lies within the firm, not elsewhere."