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

Counterpart

Freelance

Volunteer

Opposite number

15

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

Pecking order

Hot-desking

Rapport

Collaboration

15

Talk about work; informal

Talk about shopping

Talk about a shop

Talk shop

Talk a shop

15

Communication / Relationship

Job-share

Shift

Workload

Rapport

15

Ordinary, not interesting.

Challenging

Rewarding

Stimulating

Mundane

15

Have something finished by a fixed day or time.

Stuck in a rut

Job-share

Meet a deadline

Stuck behind a desk

15

Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.

Stuck in a rut

Clock in

Stuck behind a desk

Clock off/out

15

Finishing work; informal

Clock down

Clock off / out

Clock up

Clock in

15

Extremely boring

Mundane

Mind-numbing

Glamourous

Irregular

15

Amount of work I have to do.

Shift

Workload

Schedule

Loadwork

15

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

work

line

end

15

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

a rot

a rit

a rut

a rat

15

Jess and I work half-and-half.

It’s a job-share.

There are several levels of management.

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

15

The firm’s rather hierarchical.

Collaboration is a good thing.

Deadlines have to be met.

There are several levels of management.

15

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

workmates

pecking order

freelance

promotions

15

I feel I have a very good ........... with my boss.

Initiative

Rapport

Shift

Workload

15

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