Share Advanced English: At Work (Colleagues & Routines)
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Someone who has the same postition / does the same job as you.
Freelance
Volunteer
Opposite number
Counterpart
A system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others.
Collaboration
Hot-desking
Rapport
Pecking order
Talk about work; informal
Talk about a shop
Talk about shopping
Talk a shop
Talk shop
Communication / Relationship
Rapport
Workload
Job-share
Shift
Ordinary, not interesting.
Rewarding
Stimulating
Mundane
Challenging
Have something finished by a fixed day or time.
Meet a deadline
Job-share
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 up
Clock off / out
Clock in
Extremely boring
Mind-numbing
Glamourous
Mundane
Irregular
Amount of work I have to do.
Shift
Schedule
Loadwork
Workload
I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was such a dead .............. .
work
end
line
I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck in ............ .
a rat
a rut
a rot
a rit
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.
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.
Initiative
Shift
Workload
Rapport
