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

Opposite number

Freelance

Volunteer

Counterpart

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

Hot-desking

Pecking order

Collaboration

Rapport

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Ordinary, not interesting.

Mundane

Stimulating

Challenging

Rewarding

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Have something finished by a fixed day or time.

Stuck in a rut

Job-share

Meet a deadline

Stuck behind a desk

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Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.

Stuck in a rut

Stuck behind a desk

Clock off/out

Clock in

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Finishing work; informal

Clock up

Clock down

Clock in

Clock off / out

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Extremely boring

Mundane

Mind-numbing

Irregular

Glamourous

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

line

work

end

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

a rit

a rut

a rat

a rot

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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.

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The firm’s rather hierarchical.

Deadlines have to be met.

Collaboration is a good thing.

There are several levels of management.

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

freelance

workmates

pecking order

promotions

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My workdays are long and tedious and I'm constantly .................

mind-numbing

clocking out/off

stuck behind a desk

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My boss likes us to take ................

the initiative

the volunteer

job-share

deadline

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Has a structure with important and less important people.

Collaboration

Mechanical

Shift

Hierarchical

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