WAYS OF WORKING BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE

 

BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE 2. WAYS OF WORKING

 

A Old and new ways I’m an office worker in an insurance company. It’s a nine-to-five job with regular working hours. The work isn’t very interesting, but I like to be able to go home at a reasonable time. We all have to clock in and clock out every day. In this company, even the managers have to, which is unusual! Note: You also say clock on and clock off. B Nice work if you can get it All these words are used in front ‘job’ and ‘work’: • satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting: the work is interesting and gives you positive feelings. • dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating: the work is not interesting. • repetitive, routine: the work involves doing the same things again and again. • tiring, tough, hard, demanding: the work is difficult and makes you tired. C Nature of work EXERCISES 2.1 Which persons (1-5) is most likely to do each of the five things (a-e)? 1. A software designer in an Internet company. Has to be in the office. 2. An office worker in a large, traditional manufacturing company. 3. A manager in a department store in a large city. Lives in the country. 2.2 Look at the words and expressions in B and C opposite. Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) to the people (a-e) and put the words in brackets into the correct grammatical forms. 1. accountant 2. postwoman 3. flight attendant 4. software developer 5. teacher   a. Obviously, my work involves _____________ (travel) a lot. It can be quite physically _____________(tire), but I enjoy _____________(deal) with customers, except when they become violent. Luckily this doesn’t happen often.

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