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<!-- (Audio) Anna: Making it easy to apply should encourage more people to take the time off they need without feeling bogged down. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

How does Anna think employees feel when they go through too many steps to request annual time off?

--answers--

Overwhelmed and stuck in the process.


Excited to follow the procedure.

--feedback--

Anna suggests the process is not enjoyable.


Motivated to plan more vacations.

--feedback--

She's focused on the problem with the process, not the desire to take more vacations.


Proud of how detailed the system is.

--feedback--

Anna doesn't praise the system.

--video-solution--

1

--explanation--

To be bogged down means to become stuck or slowed down by something, especially when it's too complex or heavy. For example:

The project got bogged down by too many approval steps. – This means the project was delayed because the process was too slow and complicated.

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