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 |