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Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.

Volunteer

Counterpart

Freelance

Opposite number

15

A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.

Collaboration

Rapport

Hot-desking

Pecking order

15

Ordinary, not interesting.

Mundane

Rewarding

Challenging

Stimulating

15

Have something finished by a fixed day or time.

Meet a deadline

Job-share

Stuck in a rut

Stuck behind a desk

15

Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.

Stuck in a rut

Clock off/out

Clock in

Stuck behind a desk

15

Finishing work; informal

Clock down

Clock off / out

Clock up

Clock in

15

Extremely boring

Glamourous

Irregular

Mind-numbing

Mundane

15

I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .

end

line

work

15

I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .

a rat

a rot

a rit

a rut

15

Jess and I work half-and-half.

We do the same job but he’s based in Rome.

It’s a job-share.

There are several levels of management.

15

The firm’s rather hierarchical.

There are several levels of management.

Deadlines have to be met.

Collaboration is a good thing.

15

I socialise with my ................. outside of work, but we try not to talk shop.

pecking order

promotions

workmates

freelance

15

My workdays are long and tedious and I'm constantly .................

clocking out/off

stuck behind a desk

mind-numbing

15

My boss likes us to take ................

the volunteer

job-share

the initiative

deadline

15

Has a structure with important and less important people.

Mechanical

Hierarchical

Shift

Collaboration

15

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