Share Advanced English: At Work (Colleagues & Routines)
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Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.
Freelance
Counterpart
Volunteer
Opposite number
A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
Rapport
Collaboration
Hot-desking
Pecking order
Ordinary, not interesting.
Challenging
Stimulating
Mundane
Rewarding
Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
Job-share
Meet a deadline
Stuck behind a desk
Stuck in a rut
Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.
Stuck in a rut
Clock in
Clock off/out
Stuck behind a desk
Finishing work; informal
Clock down
Clock in
Clock up
Clock off / out
Extremely boring
Irregular
Mind-numbing
Glamourous
Mundane
I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .
end
line
work
I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .
a rit
a rut
a rat
a rot
Jess and I work half-and-half.
We do the same job but he’s based in Rome.
It’s a job-share.
There are several levels of management.
The firm’s rather hierarchical.
There are several levels of management.
Deadlines have to be met.
Collaboration is a good thing.
I socialise with my ................. outside of work, but we try not to talk shop.
workmates
freelance
promotions
pecking order
My workdays are long and tedious and I'm constantly .................
mind-numbing
clocking out/off
stuck behind a desk
My boss likes us to take ................
job-share
deadline
the initiative
the volunteer
Has a structure with important and less important people.
Shift
Hierarchical
Mechanical
Collaboration
