If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.

如果效益不好他们应该减少红利，但是公司不愿意这样做，是因为这样显得很糟糕，所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利。

youdao

Telling your boss it's a really bad time for you and you want to do it next year is reasonable - as long as you make your decision, present it clearly and stop whining about life not being fair.

告诉你老板，目前的时机确实很糟，你希望明年去，这种说法合情合理——只要你做出了自己的决定，那就明确地说出来，别再抱怨生活不公平了。

youdao

If they are all beginners it's usually not worth it, since you will need to spend too much time explaining to them what to do, how to do something, why the way they are doing it is bad, etc.

如果都是新手就不值得，因为你需要花大量时间解释要做什么，怎样做，为什么他现在的做法不好，等等。

youdao

If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.

如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利

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