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

Counterpart

Volunteer

Freelance

Opposite number

15

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

Rapport

Hot-desking

Collaboration

Pecking order

15

Ordinary, not interesting.

Mundane

Challenging

Stimulating

Rewarding

15

Have something finished by a fixed day or time.

Meet a deadline

Job-share

Stuck behind a desk

Stuck in a rut

15

Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.

Stuck behind a desk

Stuck in a rut

Clock in

Clock off/out

15

Finishing work; informal

Clock in

Clock down

Clock off / out

Clock up

15

Extremely boring

Mind-numbing

Irregular

Mundane

Glamourous

15

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

end

work

line

15

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

a rit

a rot

a rat

a rut

15

Jess and I work half-and-half.

There are several levels of management.

It’s a job-share.

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

15

The firm’s rather hierarchical.

There are several levels of management.

Deadlines have to be met.

Collaboration is a good thing.

15

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

pecking order

freelance

workmates

promotions

15

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

stuck behind a desk

clocking out/off

mind-numbing

15

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

the initiative

deadline

job-share

the volunteer

15

Has a structure with important and less important people.

Collaboration

Hierarchical

Mechanical

Shift

15

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