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

Opposite number

Volunteer

Counterpart

Freelance

15

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

Hot-desking

Pecking order

Collaboration

Rapport

15

Talk about work; informal

Talk a shop

Talk about a shop

Talk shop

Talk about shopping

15

Communication / Relationship

Workload

Shift

Rapport

Job-share

15

Ordinary, not interesting.

Mundane

Stimulating

Challenging

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.

Clock off/out

Clock in

Stuck behind a desk

Stuck in a rut

15

Finishing work; informal

Clock up

Clock off / out

Clock in

Clock down

15

Extremely boring

Glamourous

Irregular

Mind-numbing

Mundane

15

Amount of work I have to do.

Loadwork

Workload

Shift

Schedule

15

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

work

line

end

15

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

a rut

a rot

a rit

a rat

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

promotions

workmates

freelance

15

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

Initiative

Shift

Workload

Rapport

15

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