At Work (Vocabulary Part I)

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Colleagues



 Well, Leo is my opposite number in the company's New York office.
He and I have a good working relationship. Last month, we got a new boss, who quickly established a good rapport with everyone in the office. I do socialise with my workmates but we try not to talk shop.
The company is generally very hierarchical; there's a pecking-order for everything. I do a job-share with a woman calles Rosemary. It suits us both as we each have children to look after.
1. Try to guess the meaning of the previous words related with the colleagues at work.










Daily Work Routines

Rosemary gets to work at about 8.30. She has to clock in and clock out. She works fixed hours; she has a nine-to-five job. John can come in at any time from eight o’clock till ten in the morning; he works flexi-time /he’s on flexi-time, but his core hours are 10.00 to 12.00 and 2.00 to 4.00. Phil doesn’t go to the office at all. He works from home with his computer; he’s a teleworker. Susan works different times each week; every third week she works nights; she does shift work/ she’s a shift worker. Mick has his own company; he's self-employed and works from home. His wife works for different companies at different times; she’s freelance / she works freelance.


2. Try to guess the meaning of the previous words related with daily work routines.








3. Correct the mistakes in this paragraph.
I think I have a good work relationship with most of my colleagues. I tried to establish a good report with them from the very beginning. The person I like most is my opposite member in our office in Paris. Generally, when I socialise to my colleagues outside of work, we try not to talk about shop, but it's not easy and sometimes we have a good gossip about people who are not there. 


4. Use words and phrases to complete the sentences.

  1. I would get bored if I had a nine_____________________________________.
  2. When I arrive in the morning and leave the office in the evening I use this card to ________________________________________.
  3. I can clock in any time between eight and ten and clock out between four and six; I'm on ________________________________.
  4. I work for different companies at different times as it suits me. I'm ______________________.
  5. I used to work for someone else, but now I'm my own boss; I'm ________________________.


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