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

Counterpart

Volunteer

Opposite number

Freelance

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

Pecking order

Rapport

Collaboration

Hot-desking

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Ordinary, not interesting.

Mundane

Rewarding

Challenging

Stimulating

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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.

Clock off/out

Clock in

Stuck behind a desk

Stuck in a rut

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Finishing work; informal

Clock off / out

Clock down

Clock in

Clock up

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Extremely boring

Mundane

Glamourous

Mind-numbing

Irregular

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

work

line

end

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

a rat

a rut

a rot

a rit

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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.

Collaboration is a good thing.

There are several levels of management.

Deadlines have to be met.

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

promotions

workmates

freelance

pecking order

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

mind-numbing

stuck behind a desk

clocking out/off

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

the initiative

deadline

the volunteer

job-share

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Has a structure with important and less important people.

Shift

Collaboration

Hierarchical

Mechanical

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