Share Advanced English: At Work (Colleagues & Routines)
Save to Folder
Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.
Counterpart
Opposite number
Volunteer
Freelance
A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
Collaboration
Pecking order
Rapport
Hot-desking
Talk about work; informal
Talk about a shop
Talk a shop
Talk about shopping
Talk shop
Communication / Relationship
Workload
Rapport
Shift
Job-share
Ordinary, not interesting.
Stimulating
Rewarding
Challenging
Mundane
Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
Meet a deadline
Job-share
Stuck in a rut
Stuck behind a desk
Trapped in a job they can’t escape from.
Stuck behind a desk
Stuck in a rut
Clock off/out
Clock in
Finishing work; informal
Clock in
Clock up
Clock down
Clock off / out
Extremely boring
Glamourous
Mind-numbing
Irregular
Mundane
Amount of work I have to do.
Schedule
Shift
Workload
Loadwork
I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .
work
line
end
I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .
a rat
a rot
a rit
a rut
Jess and I work half-and-half.
It’s a job-share.
We do the same job but he’s based in Rome.
There are several levels of management.
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
workmates
freelance
promotions
I feel I have a very good ........... with my boss.
Workload
Initiative
Rapport
Shift
