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

Opposite number

Volunteer

Freelance

Counterpart

15

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

Collaboration

Pecking order

Hot-desking

Rapport

15

Talk about work; informal

Talk about a shop

Talk a shop

Talk shop

Talk about shopping

15

Communication / Relationship

Shift

Rapport

Workload

Job-share

15

Ordinary, not interesting.

Stimulating

Challenging

Rewarding

Mundane

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 in a rut

Clock off/out

Stuck behind a desk

Clock in

15

Finishing work; informal

Clock in

Clock off / out

Clock up

Clock down

15

Extremely boring

Irregular

Mind-numbing

Mundane

Glamourous

15

Amount of work I have to do.

Schedule

Loadwork

Workload

Shift

15

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

work

end

line

15

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

a rat

a rit

a rut

a rot

15

Jess and I work half-and-half.

It’s a job-share.

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

There are several levels of management.

15

The firm’s rather hierarchical.

Deadlines have to be met.

There are several levels of management.

Collaboration is a good thing.

15

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

freelance

workmates

pecking order

promotions

15

I feel I have a very good ........... with my boss.

Workload

Initiative

Rapport

Shift

15

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