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