Work and Business

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my opposite number

has the same position/does the same job as me

working relationship

how we communicate and work together

rapport

communication/relationship with colleagues

workmates

colleagues, especially in non-professional jobs

talk shop

talk about work

hierarchical

has a structure With powerful and less powerful people

pecking order

a system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others

do a job share

we each have a 50% contract for the same job

clock in/clock out

use an electronic card to record the time they arrive and leave each day

teleworker

someone who works from home

freelance

someone who works for different companies at different times

meet a deadline

have something finished by a fixed time

workload

amount of work you have to do

mechanical job

you don’t have to think about what you are doing

repetitive

same thing every day

knocking off

finishing work

monotonous

boring because it never changes

glamorous job

very exciti

stuck behind a desk

sitting in an office all day

stuck in a rut

stuck in a job they can’t escape

dead-end jobs

jobs with no prospects of promotion

paperwork

letters/reports to write, forms to complete

manual work

hard and physical

vocational work

which helps people

achievers

people determined to succeed and achieve great things

basic salary

guaranteed minimum salary without overtime or bonuses

drive

strong motivation

rewarding

giving you a lot back

close knit

working i

diverse

of different types

lucrative

producing a lot of money

maternity/paternity leave

time away from work to have a new baby

perks/benefits

extra things apart from salary

job satisfaction

the feeling that your job is worth doing and fulfils you

holiday entitlement

number of days you have the right to take as holiday

increments

increases/rises

reach/hit a glass ceiling

reach a level where you cannot get further promotion, even if you deserve it

telesales

selling or marketing goods and services by phone

cold calling

phoning people who have not requested a call in order to try selling them something

hard sell

attempt to sell something by being very forceful

inertia selling

when a company behaves as if you agreed to buy something because you did not actually refuse it

confusion marketing

selling product and services in a package, in a way that makes it very difficult to work out which company is cheapest

on approval

When you buy an item and have the right to return it if it is not satisfactory

come/go under the hammer

sale of goods or property where people make gradually increasing bids and the item is sold to the highest bidder

red tape

reach a compromise

come to an agreement in which both sides have to give in a little bit on what they would have otherwise liked

hammer out a deal

talking seriously and in detail until a business agreement is made

swallowed up

taken over by a larger company

enterpreneurship

involvement in business and taking financial risk

capital assets

buildings and machines owned by a company

put in/submit a tender

to supply a written offer to do a job for an agreed price

win a tender

to be given a job after submiting a tender

penalty clause

part of

outstanding account

an account that has not yes been payed

to default on a payment

to fail

to acknowledge receipt

to inform the sender when something

to expire

communicating

this verb suggest that listeners understand what the speaker is trying to say

morale

flaws

weaknesses

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