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Business
English
Upper-Intermediate
B2 - Human Resources
Side Gigs
Objectives
How to discuss employee side projects: i) Vocabulary for assessing projects ii) Vocabulary for HR iii) Vocabulary for iv) Innovation v) Past Perfect Continuous
Grammar
The Past Perfect Continuous to show actions happening in the past until a set moment: i) I had been working on this for months before I finished it. ii) I had been trying to find a solution for ages before Janet helped me. iii) We had been driving for hours when we finally arrived.
Description
Google famously had a project where employees could devote 20% of their time to projects they wanted to work on. This yielded Gmail and Google Maps. This unit looks at discussing and debating whether side projects are a good way to engage employees.