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