BULATS Advanced 4

Question 1

camaraderie

Answer 1

feeling of friendliness towards people with whom you work or share an experience

Question 2

adversarial

Answer 2

involving opposition or disagreement

Question 3

absenteeism

Answer 3

employees not being at work when they should be

Question 4

sabotage

Answer 4

intentional damage to machines, buildings, etc.

Question 5

across the board

Answer 5

happening or having an effect on people at every level and in every area

Question 6

perk

Answer 6

advantage or benefit given to an employee in addition to their salary, e.g. private health care or a company car

Question 7

surveillance

Answer 7

the careful watching of a person or place

Question 8

career continuity

Answer 8

ability to continue your professional career

Question 9

loss adjuster

Answer 9

person who works for an insurance company and decides how much money should be paid out in each case of something having been damaged or lost

Question 10

going rate

Answer 10

standard rate of payment for a particular job

Question 11

buoyant

Answer 11

healthy and strong

Question 12

natural wastage

Answer 12

reduction in the number of people who work for an organisation which is achieved by not replacing those people who leave

Question 13

labour intensive

Answer 13

needing a lot of workers

Question 14

voluntary redundancy scheme

Answer 14

arrangement when a company needs to reduce its workforce and some employees choose to be made redundant (because they have found another job or would like to stop working)

Question 15

symposium

Answer 15

occasion at which people who have great knowledge of a particular subject meet in order to discuss a matter of interest

Question 16

churn out

Answer 16

produce large amounts of something quickly, usually of low quality

Question 17

vagaries

Answer 17

any of a set of unusual or unexpected events or changes that have an effect on someone

Question 18

glitch

Answer 18

small problem or fault that prevents something from working well