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
Counterpart
Opposite number
A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
Pecking order
Collaboration
Rapport
Hot-desking
Talk about work; informal
Talk about a shop
Talk about shopping
Talk a shop
Talk shop
Communication / Relationship
Rapport
Shift
Workload
Job-share
Ordinary, not interesting.
Stimulating
Rewarding
Mundane
Challenging
Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
Stuck in a rut
Job-share
Meet a deadline
Stuck behind a desk
Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.
Stuck behind a desk
Clock off/out
Stuck in a rut
Clock in
Finishing work; informal
Clock in
Clock up
Clock off / out
Clock down
Extremely boring
Mundane
Irregular
Glamourous
Mind-numbing
Amount of work I have to do.
Workload
Shift
Loadwork
Schedule
I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .
work
end
line
I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .
a rut
a rit
a rot
a rat
Jess and I work half-and-half.
There are several levels of management.
We do the same job but he’s based in Rome.
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.
pecking order
freelance
promotions
workmates
I feel I have a very good ........... with my boss.
Shift
Initiative
Rapport
Workload
