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