Share Advanced English: At Work (Colleagues & Routines)
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Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.
Opposite number
Counterpart
Volunteer
Freelance
A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
Rapport
Hot-desking
Pecking order
Collaboration
Ordinary, not interesting.
Rewarding
Stimulating
Mundane
Challenging
Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
Stuck behind a desk
Meet a deadline
Job-share
Stuck in a rut
Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.
Clock off/out
Stuck in a rut
Clock in
Stuck behind a desk
Finishing work; informal
Clock down
Clock in
Clock up
Clock off / out
Extremely boring
Glamourous
Mundane
Irregular
Mind-numbing
I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .
line
end
work
I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .
a rut
a rat
a rit
a rot
Jess and I work half-and-half.
We do the same job but he’s based in Rome.
There are several levels of management.
It’s a job-share.
The firm’s rather hierarchical.
There are several levels of management.
Collaboration is a good thing.
Deadlines have to be met.
I socialise with my ................. outside of work, but we try not to talk shop.
promotions
pecking order
workmates
freelance
My workdays are long and tedious and I'm constantly .................
stuck behind a desk
mind-numbing
clocking out/off
My boss likes us to take ................
deadline
the initiative
job-share
the volunteer
Has a structure with important and less important people.
Mechanical
Shift
Hierarchical
Collaboration
