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

Volunteer

Counterpart

Freelance

Opposite number

15

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

Hot-desking

Pecking order

Rapport

Collaboration

15

Talk about work; informal

Talk about a shop

Talk about shopping

Talk shop

Talk a shop

15

Communication / Relationship

Shift

Rapport

Workload

Job-share

15

Ordinary, not interesting.

Mundane

Stimulating

Challenging

Rewarding

15

Have something finished by a fixed day or time.

Job-share

Meet a deadline

Stuck in a rut

Stuck behind a desk

15

Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.

Stuck behind a desk

Clock in

Clock off/out

Stuck in a rut

15

Finishing work; informal

Clock up

Clock off / out

Clock down

Clock in

15

Extremely boring

Mind-numbing

Glamourous

Mundane

Irregular

15

Amount of work I have to do.

Schedule

Shift

Loadwork

Workload

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.

Collaboration is a good thing.

Deadlines have to be met.

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.

Rapport

Workload

Shift

Initiative

15

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