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5 At work: colleagues and routines
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Colleagues
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1 has the same position / does the same job as me 2 way of communicating and working together 3 working together to achieve shared goals 4 more formal equivalent of opposite number 5 /ræˈpɔː/ communication/relationship 6 make decisions without being told what to do 7 /ˌhaɪəˈrɑːkɪkəl/ has a structure with important and less important people 8 a system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others 9 an agreement where two people each share the same job 10 a policy of sharing desks in an ofice, so people sit at whichever desk is free on a particular day 11 colleagues you are friendly with (especially in non-professional occupations); informal 12 talk about work; informal
Philip is my opposite number 1 in the company’s New York ofice. We have a good working relationship 2 and there’s a lot of day-to- day collaboration 3 . Having a
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counterpart 4 like Philip in another branch is a great support. Last month we got a new boss, who quickly established a good rapport 5 with everyone. She likes us to take the initiative 6 . The company is very hierarchical 7 ; there’s a pecking order 8 for everything. I do a job-share 9 with a woman called Rose, which suits us as we each have childcare responsibilities. My ofice uses a hot-desking 10 system, so I sit in a diferent place every day. I socialise with my workmates 11 outside of work, but we try not to talk shop 12 on those occasions.
During the day (different work patterns)
B
I do fairly mundane 1 tasks. Occasionally I have to meet a deadline 2 or they need someone to volunteer 3 for something. Then the job is more rewarding 4 and stimulating 5 . Sometimes I have a heavy workload 6 but at other times it can be quite light.
1 ordinary, not interesting being asked or told to do it
2 have something finished by a fixed day or time
3 ofer to do something without
4 making you feel satisfied that you have done something important or useful, or
5 encouraging new ideas or new thinking
6 amount of work I have to do
done something well
I start work at my machine at seven o’clock when I’m on the day shit . The job’s mechanical 1 and repetitive 2 . All I ever think about is knocking of 3 at three o’clock. The shit I hate most is the night shit . I start at ten and work till six in the morning. It’s a bit monotonous 4 . It’s not a satisfying 5 job – I feel I need something a bit more challenging 6 .
1 you don’t have to think about what you are doing
2 the same thing is repeated every day
3 finishing work; informal
4 boring because it never changes
5 (does not) make me feel pleased
6 that tests my ability or determination
by providing what I need or want
I have a pretty glamorous 1 job. I’m a pilot. But the hours are irregular and anti-social 2 . I’m not stuck behind a desk 3 , but long-haul flights can be a bit mind-numbing 4 ; most of the time the plane just flies itself. We work to very tight schedules 5 . But I shouldn’t complain. I feel sorry for people who are stuck in a rut 6 or who are in dead-end 7 jobs.
1 very exciting, which everyone admires
2 do not enable one to have a normal social life
3 sitting at a
4 extremely boring
5 very strict or severely limited timetables
desk all day; informal
6 stuck/trapped in a job they can’t escape from
7 with no prospects of promotion
I started of as a technician 1 . Ater retraining, I worked for a sotware company, and later I went in with 2 a friend and we formed our own sotware company as a start-up 3 in 2009, so now I’m self-employed . My husband is freelance 4 : he works for several diferent companies as and when they need work done – he’s a computer programmer 5 .
1 person whose job involves practical work with scientific or electrical equipment
2 formed a business
3 a small business that has just started
4 or works freelance
5 someone who writes
partnership with computer programs
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