EFOMM 2026 — Inglês | Questão 6
📘 CONTEXTO DA QUESTÃO
Esta página apresenta a análise da questão 05 de Inglês da prova da EFOMM 2026. O exercício avalia vocabulário em contexto, exigindo a identificação do significado da palavra 'bemoan'. No trecho apresentado, o verbo indica lamentar ou expressar tristeza ou insatisfação em relação a algo.
📘 Text Comprehension
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The search for 'meaning' at work
By Kate Morgan
Ask workers what the most important thing is to them in a job, and first on the list generally is pay cheque - perhaps obviously. But in a very close second, as data is beginning to show; people want their work to have meaning. A 2020 McKinsey & Company surveyed showed 82% of employees believe it's important their company has a purpose; ideally, one that contributes to society and creates meaningful work. And when a company has purpose, its people do, too. Separate McKinsey research from 2022 showed 70% of employees say their personal sense of purpose is defined by their work, and when that work feels meaningful, they perform better, are much more committed and are about half as likely to go looking for a new job.
The search for meaning at work is a relatively new idea, says Aaron De Smet, a senior partner at McKinsey. The Industrial Revolution, he says, made work very "transactional": people worked and got paid money to live, with no greater purpose required or expected. But over time, as decent working conditions and a pay cheque became simple fundamentals, workers began to want more. In 2018, a survey of American professionals showed nine out of 10 workers would trade a percentage of their earnings for work that felt more meaningful. This drive for meaning is especially true of the newest generation to enter the workforce; in a survey of Gen Z workers from jobs site Monster, 70% of respondents ranked purpose as more important than pay.
As people's jobs have become a significant part of their identities - and the way they spend most of their time - occupations have also become the place where they hope to derive at least some of their life's meaning. People might define meaning in many ways, whether that's working in a glossy 'dream job' or using particular skills to perform a necessary role. But however people frame meaning, experts say that in the workplace of the future, making people feel that what they're doing matters, matters more than ever.
The modern search for meaning at work
The desire for meaningful work has been a slow and steady evolution that's happened as society has become, on the whole, wealthier. As people's basic needs for food and shelter were met, and the nature of work changed, people began to want more from their daily grinds. In many industries, the more rote, repetitive jobs have disappeared. "Automation is happening pretty quickly, which is why I think things are now coming to this tipping point where meaning matters a lot," says De Smet.
Stephanie Bot, a clinical psychologist and co-founder of Workright, a Toronto-based workplace mental-health consultancy, notes that for a lot of people, identity has become closely tied to work. What we do, in many ways, defines who we are. "As the type of jobs we're in have evolved, people are now looking for a greater sense of self," she says. It makes people feel like their lives have meaning, she adds, when their work does.
People also spend most of their time at work - it's the activity that takes up the biggest chunk of waking hours - and even when they're not actively working, many people are still thinking about work. The majority of younger people, in particular, report that it's difficult to disengage. It becomes even more important, then, that this place people spend most of their time and mental energy mean something. "If people don't have outside time to get those needs met elsewhere," says Bot, "they need to get more out of work."
In the wake of the pandemic, meaningful work has become more important to people than ever before. It was a catalyst that realigned many people's priorities. "Two-thirds of US employees said Covid caused them to reflect on their purpose in life," says De Smet, of 2021 McKinsey research. "Everybody took this moment to step back and reassess. People were taking stock of their lives, and asking, 'Does what I do matter? I should really spend my time on things that matter.""
People's search for meaning in their work contributed to the Great Resignation - a phenomenon that's seen workers leave their jobs in droves throughout the past two years. "Some people said, 'I'm not getting enough meaning from work, I want to work somewhere my purpose is more fulfilled by the work I do'," says De Smet. "Or, they said, 'I don't feel the work I do is important to anyone. I want to go somewhere it feels like my work is valued by my organisation'."
📘 Question
QUESTÃO
Choose the correct option according to the text.
Transactional jobs entail the idea of ensuring the employees' sense of worthiness.
Most members of Generation Z believe purpose outweighs pay.
Having a meaningful job is something ordinarily wanted before anything else.
Occupying glamorous positions is not considered a part of many possible definitions of meaningfuljobs.
'Great Resignation' can be defined as people's willingness to fight for their dream jobs.
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📘 Detailed Solution
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🧭 Leitura orientada
A questão avalia a compreensão global do texto, exigindo identificar a alternativa que corresponde fielmente às informações apresentadas sobre o papel do propósito (meaning) no trabalho, especialmente entre diferentes gerações.
🔍 Análise do texto
O texto destaca que, embora o salário ainda seja importante, o sentido e o propósito no trabalho tornaram-se fatores centrais, sobretudo entre trabalhadores mais jovens.
Um dado-chave afirma que, em uma pesquisa com a Geração Z, 70% dos entrevistados consideraram o propósito mais importante do que o salário.
🧠 Núcleo de sentido
A alternativa correta deve refletir dados estatísticos explícitos do texto, e não interpretações exageradas ou distorcidas.
🔍 Análise alternativa por alternativa (com pegadinhas)
(A) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: trabalhos “transactional” são descritos
como focados apenas em pagamento,
sem preocupação com senso de valor pessoal.
(B) ✅ Correta — GABARITO
O texto afirma explicitamente que
a maioria da Geração Z considera o propósito mais importante que o salário,
correspondendo exatamente à alternativa.
(C) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o texto diz que o salário costuma vir
em primeiro lugar,
e o significado aparece em segundo.
(D) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o texto afirma que empregos “dos sonhos”
podem sim fazer parte das definições de trabalho significativo.
(E) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: a “Great Resignation” é explicada como
abandono de empregos por falta de significado,
não como luta por empregos dos sonhos.
🧠 Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Questão de compreensão textual.
✔ Dados estatísticos são decisivos.
✔ Geração Z → propósito > salário.
✔ Evitar extrapolações além do texto.
🔎 Gabarito confirmado: (B)
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