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

Counterpart

Opposite number

Freelance

Volunteer

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 shop

Talk about shopping

Talk a shop

Talk about a shop

15

Communication / Relationship

Workload

Shift

Job-share

Rapport

15

Ordinary, not interesting.

Mundane

Challenging

Rewarding

Stimulating

15

Have something finished by a fixed day or time.

Stuck behind a desk

Job-share

Stuck in a rut

Meet a deadline

15

Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.

Stuck in a rut

Stuck behind a desk

Clock in

Clock off/out

15

Finishing work; informal

Clock in

Clock off / out

Clock up

Clock down

15

Extremely boring

Mind-numbing

Irregular

Glamourous

Mundane

15

Amount of work I have to do.

Workload

Loadwork

Shift

Schedule

15

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

line

end

work

15

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

a rot

a rut

a rat

a rit

15

Jess and I work half-and-half.

There are several levels of management.

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

It’s a job-share.

15

The firm’s rather hierarchical.

Collaboration is a good thing.

Deadlines have to be met.

There are several levels of management.

15

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

workmates

pecking order

freelance

promotions

15

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

Shift

Workload

Initiative

Rapport

15

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