1 Job satisfaction

Question 1

Work that is satisfying and interesting is … and …

Answer 1

Rewarding and stimulating

Question 2

If you spend time with customers, you have … … / … …

Answer 2

Client contact / customer contact

Question 3

If you have a good working relationship with your colleagues, you … / … them.

Answer 3

Get on well with them / hit it off with them

Question 4

If you do the actual work of the organisation rather than being a manager, you are …

Answer 4

Hands-on

Question 5

If you want to say that work is not repetitious, then you can say ‘…’

Answer 5

No 2 days are the same

Question 6

… and … are when you have new and effective ideas that people have not had before.

Answer 6

Originality and creativity

Question 7

We have … … … with new ideas every once in a while.

Answer 7

to come up

Question 8

I get on well with my colleagues, there’s a very good … between us.

• Understanding between people.

Synonyms: affinity (= een verwantschap), bond, …

Answer 8

rapport

Question 9

I don’t always like working with other people. I like … … … ..

Answer 9

working on my own

Question 10

It’s great to see what I learnt during my engineering course at university being … … actual desings. I like … … … …

Answer 10

It’s great to see what I learnt during my engineering course at university being applied in actual desings. I like putting ideas into practice.

Question 11

I hate it when there is a big stack of documents and letters on my desk that I have to deal with. I don’t like … and …

Answer 11

admin and paperwork

Question 12

I love the … when we all work together to create something new.

Answer 12

sense of achievement

Question 13

It’s rare, but sometimes when I come into the office and see a huge pile of work waiting for me, I feel … …

Answer 13

snowed under

Question 14

When we see a new plane fly for the first time, we all feel a great … … …

Answer 14

sense of achievement

Question 15

I get frustrated when you have to get permission to spend anything over £50. I don’t like … and …

Answer 15

bureaucracy and red tape (rigid, strict rules)

Question 16

I dislike being … … … …

(having lots of paperwork which you need to do at a …)

Answer 16

chained to a desk

Question 17

Give the word for this definition: ‘travelling the distance between home and work.’

Answer 17

Commuting

Question 18

I have some nice …, like a company car.

Answer 18

perks

Question 19

I have to meet … … … every month, so the work can be very stressful.

Answer 19

demanding sales targets

Question 20

I love the flexibility I have when I’m working. There’s no one … … … … all the time.

Answer 20

breathing down my neck

Question 21

I don’t have to … to an office all the time, I’m … … clients most of the time.

Answer 21

commute

out seeing

Question 22

My boss allows me to …

‘I can work from home when I’m not seeing clients’

Answer 22

telecommute

Question 23

I only get 2 weeks a year … …

time off

Answer 23

vacation time

Question 24

I work quite … …, about 60 a week.

Answer 24

long hours