Share Advanced English: At Work (Colleagues & Routines)
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Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.
Volunteer
Freelance
Opposite number
Counterpart
A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
Hot-desking
Pecking order
Collaboration
Rapport
Talk about work; informal
Talk a shop
Talk about a shop
Talk shop
Talk about shopping
Communication between people/ Relationship
Rapport
Shift
Job-share
Workload
Ordinary, not interesting.
Challenging
Mundane
Stimulating
Rewarding
Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
Stuck behind a desk
Job-share
Stuck in a rut
Meet a deadline
Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.
Clock in
Stuck behind a desk
Clock off/out
Stuck in a rut
Finishing work; informal
Clock off / out
Clock down
Clock in
Clock up
Extremely boring
Glamourous
Mundane
Mind-numbing
Irregular
Amount of work I have to do.
Workload
Shift
Loadwork
Schedule
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 rot
a rut
a rit
a rat
Jess and I work half-and-half.
It’s a job-share.
We do the same job but he’s based in Rome.
There are several levels of management.
The firm’s rather hierarchical.
Deadlines have to be met.
There are several levels of management.
Collaboration is a good thing.
I socialise with my ................. outside of work, but we try not to talk shop.
workmates
pecking order
freelance
promotions
I feel I have a very good ........... with my boss.
workload
rapport
initiative
shift
