Eway
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2003
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
Please have a look at this paragraph.
I don't understand what "hot desking" is...
And..."do us down, show us up or knock us back: ourselves."?
Does it mean it's ourselves who do us down, show us up and knock us back?
What are the meanings of "do someone down", "show someone up" and "knock someone back" anyway?
"Work brings its fair share of agony. If it isn't a difficult colleague, its an unscrupulous competitor, or long hours & stressful deadlines. And as Jeremy Bullmore reminds us in this witty, trenchant & worldly wise book, our worst enemy is always waiting for an opportunity to do us down, show us up or knock us back: ourselves. Drawing on his long-running column for Management Today, Bullmore gives us a tour around the whole range of office-related anxieties, from over-friendly bosses to what to do about hot desking; from anxiety over pay negotiations to coping with redundancy. He shows how willingness to consider the other person's perspective & ruthless honesty about ourselves can show the way forward in apparently intractable situations."
I don't understand what "hot desking" is...
And..."do us down, show us up or knock us back: ourselves."?
Does it mean it's ourselves who do us down, show us up and knock us back?
What are the meanings of "do someone down", "show someone up" and "knock someone back" anyway?
"Work brings its fair share of agony. If it isn't a difficult colleague, its an unscrupulous competitor, or long hours & stressful deadlines. And as Jeremy Bullmore reminds us in this witty, trenchant & worldly wise book, our worst enemy is always waiting for an opportunity to do us down, show us up or knock us back: ourselves. Drawing on his long-running column for Management Today, Bullmore gives us a tour around the whole range of office-related anxieties, from over-friendly bosses to what to do about hot desking; from anxiety over pay negotiations to coping with redundancy. He shows how willingness to consider the other person's perspective & ruthless honesty about ourselves can show the way forward in apparently intractable situations."