06: At Work: Job Satisfaction

Promotion /prəˈməʊʃn/ (n)

[Promotion (n) : sự thăng chức

promotion to something Her promotion to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise.

a job with excellent promotion prospects (prospect: triển vọng)]

Aspect of something /ˈæspekt/ (n)

a particular part or feature of a situation, an idea, a problem, etc.; a way in which it may be considered (diện mạo)

The exhibition will focus on various aspects of life and culture in the Middle Ages.

(Triển lãm sẽ tập trung vào nhiều khía cạnh khác nhau của cuộc sống và văn hóa thời Trung cổ.)

Job satisfaction

a feeling that your job is worth doing and fulfils you (cảm giác rằng công việc của bạn đáng làm và làm bạn thỏa mãn)

Work place

the place where you work

run-of-the-mill  /ˌrʌn əv ðə ˈmɪl/ (a)

ordinary, with no special or interesting features

• a run-of-the-mill job (một công việc bình thường )

• These should be run-of-the-mill problems to the experienced manager. (Đây sẽ là những vấn đề bình thường đối với người quản lý có kinh nghiệm.)

Short-term /ˌʃɔːt ˈtɜːm/ (a)

lasting a short time; designed only for a short period of time in the future

• a short-term loan

  • to find work on a short-term contract

Financial reward

money gained (phần thưởng tài chính)

Morale /məˈrɑːl/ (n)

​the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time (tinh thần)

• to boost/raise/improve morale (để thúc đẩy/nâng cao/cải thiện tinh thần)

• Morale amongst the players is very high at the moment. (Tinh thần của các cầu thủ hiện đang rất cao.)

Teamwork  /ˈtiːmwɜːk/ (n)

working together for a common purpose

Job stability

not likely to change

Stable  /ˈsteɪbl/ (a)

fixed or steady; not likely to move, change or fail

(synonym steady)

Stably (adv)

High-risk /ˌhaɪ ˈrɪsk/ (a)

​involving a lot of danger and the risk of injury, death, damage, etc.

• Rock climbing is a high-risk sport that requires special equipment and training. (Leo núi là môn thể thao có rủi ro cao, đòi hỏi phải có thiết bị và đào tạo đặc biệt.)

Fast-moving

developing or changing very quickly

Work-life balance  /ˌwɜːk laɪf ˈbæləns/ (n)

the number of hours per week you spend working, compared with the number of hours you spend with your family, relaxing, etc.

Part-time working is often the best way to improve your work-life balance.

Dynamic /daɪˈnæmɪk/ (a)

(of a person) having a lot of energy and a strong personality ( có nhiều năng lượng và tính cách mạnh mẽ)

năng động

• a dynamic leader (một nhà lãnh đạo năng động)

Demotivated /ˌdiːˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd/ (a)

​feeling less enthusiastic to work or study (mất động lực)

Sector /ˈsektə(r)/ (n)

lĩnh vực

a part of an area of activity, especially of a country’s economy

• the service/banking/manufacturing/financial sector

• in a sector jobs in the agricultural sector

Looking to work in/Seeking a career in

Tìm kiếm việc làm/Tìm kiếm sự nghiệp

[She is looking to work in something more creative, like marketing]

Look to

consider or plan (not look for)

Maternity leave /məˈtɜːnəti liːv/ (n)

a period of time when a woman is allowed to be away from work before and after having a baby (nghỉ thai sản)

• on maternity leave Ellie is currently on maternity leave.)

• on maternity leave Ellie is currently on maternity leave.

Paternity leave /pəˈtɜːnəti liːv/ (n)

time that the father of a new baby is allowed to have away from work

• Fathers are allowed a week's paternity leave.

Adoption leave  

/əˈdɒpʃn/

adopted a child

Perk /pɜːk/ (n) = (extra) benefit

something you receive as well as your wages for doing a particular job (đặc quyền)

• Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance.

= (extra) benefit

(extra) benefit

extra things apart from salary (e.g. a car, health insurance,..)

Holiday entitlement /ɪnˈtaɪtlmənt/

number of day you have the right as holiday (Quyền nghỉ lễ)

Entitlement /ɪnˈtaɪtlmənt/ (n)

entitlement (to something) the official right to have or do something

• This may affect your entitlement to compensation. (Điều này có thể ảnh hưởng đến quyền được bồi thường của bạn.)

  • They will have to prove their entitlement to the property. (Họ sẽ phải chứng minh quyền sở hữu của mình đối với tài sản đó.)

Increment /ˈɪŋkrəmənt/ (n)

a regular increase in the amount of money that somebody is paid for their job

• a salary of £25 K with annual increments

Performance-related /pəˈfɔːməns rɪleɪtɪd/ (a)

depending on how well a person does their job (tùy thuộc vào mức độ hoàn thành công việc của một người) Liên quan đến hiệu suất

• Is there any evidence that performance-related pay actually improves performance?

compareL pay-for-performance (
trả tiền theo hiệu suất,) , performance

Annual bonus

extra money paid once a year, usually based on good performance

Overwork /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/ (v)

to work too hard; to make a person or an animal work too hard

• You look tired. Have you been overworking?

Underpaid /ˌʌndəˈpeɪd/ (a)

not paid enough for the work you do

• Nurses complain of being overworked and underpaid. (Y tá phàn nàn rằng họ phải làm việc quá sức và được trả lương thấp.)

Recession /rɪˈseʃn/ (n)

suy thoái kinh tế

a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed

• How do you assess the impact of the current recession on manufacturing?

Voluntary/Compulsory Rerundances

Sa thải bắt buộc

Skeleton staff

the minimum number of workers to needed to keep operating (số lượng công nhân tối thiểu cần thiết để duy trì hoạt động)

During a strike, the airport managed to continue running with a skeleton staff of volunteers. (Trong thời gian đình công, sân bay vẫn tiếp tục hoạt động với số lượng nhân viên tình nguyện ít ỏi.)

Interview panel

the group of people interviewing someone for a job

Ban phỏng vấn
The people on the interview panel at the last job I applied for were so unfriendly that I got very
nervous.