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