Share Advanced English: At Work (Colleagues & Routines)
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Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.
Counterpart
Volunteer
Freelance
Opposite number
A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
Rapport
Hot-desking
Collaboration
Pecking order
Talk about work; informal
Talk a shop
Talk about a shop
Talk shop
Talk about shopping
Communication / Relationship
Workload
Shift
Job-share
Rapport
Ordinary, not interesting.
Mundane
Challenging
Rewarding
Stimulating
Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
Stuck in a rut
Job-share
Stuck behind a desk
Meet a deadline
Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.
Clock in
Stuck in a rut
Stuck behind a desk
Clock off/out
Finishing work; informal
Clock in
Clock down
Clock up
Clock off / out
Extremely boring
Mundane
Glamourous
Irregular
Mind-numbing
Amount of work I have to do.
Schedule
Loadwork
Workload
Shift
I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .
end
line
work
I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .
a rit
a rat
a rot
a rut
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
promotions
pecking order
freelance
I feel I have a very good ........... with my boss.
Rapport
Initiative
Shift
Workload
