| Working relationship | how sb communicate and work together |
| Rapport | communication/relationship |
| Workmates | informal: colleagues |
| Talk shop | talk about work |
| Hierarchical | a structure with powerful and less powerful people |
| Pecking-order | a system where some people have the right to get benefits before others |
| To do a job-share | to have a 50% contract for the same job |
| Clock in & out | use an electronic card to record the time of entering and leaving work |
| Nine-to-five job | fixed hours |
| To work flexi-time | not fixed hours of working |
| Teleworker | someone who works from his/her home |
| Shift work | zmiana w pracy (np. dzienna) |
| Self-employed | być swoim własnym szefem |
| To be a freelancer | to work for different companies at different Times |
| To meet a deadline | have sth finalized by a fixed day or time |
| Heavy workload | amount of work sb has to do |
| Glamorous job | very exciting |
| Irregular/ antisocial | do not enable to have a normal social life |
| To be stuck behind a desk | informal: sitting in an office all day |
| To be stuck in a rut | to be stuck in a job without the escape |
| Dead-end jobs | jobs with no prospects of promotion |
| Mechanical | you don’t have to think about what are U doing |
| Repetitive | the same thing every day |
| Knocking off | informal: finishing work |
| Monotonous | boring because it never changes |
| Vocational | jobs which include helping people |
| Achievers | people determined to succeed and achieve great things |
| Basic | guaranteed minimum salary |
| Drive | strong motivation |
| Rewarding | giving U a lot back |
| Close-knit | working in a close relationship |
| Diverse | of different types |
| Sales experience | experience in selling things |
| Lucrative | producing a lot of money |
| Maternity/paternity leave | urlop macierzyński/tacierzyński |
| Perks/extra benefits | extra things apart from salary |
| Holiday entitlement | number of days U have the right to take as holiday |
| Increments | informal: rises |
| Reach/hit a glass ceiling | reach a level where U cannot get further promotion |
| Overworked and underpaid | often said together |
| To stagger | to walk as a drunk man |
| Scrape together | to gather all is left |
| Regimentation | extreme organization and control of people |