deck_172760 Flashcards
Work that is satisfying and interesting is … and …
Rewarding and stimulating
If you spend time with customers, you have … … / … …
Client contact / customer contact
If you have a good working relationship with your colleagues, you … / … them.
Get on well with them / hit it off with them
If you do the actual work of the organisation rather than being a manager, you are …
Hands-on
If you want to say that work is not repetitious, then you can say ‘…’
No 2 days are the same
… and … are when you have new and effective ideas that people have not had before.
Originality and creativity
We have … … … with new ideas every once in a while.
to come up
I get on well with my colleagues, there’s a very good … between us. - Understanding between people. Synonyms: affinity (= een verwantschap), bond, …
rapport
I don’t always like working with other people. I like … … … ..
working on my own
It’s great to see what I learnt during my engineering course at university being … … actual desings. I like … … … …
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.
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 …
admin and paperwork
I love the … when we all work together to create something new.
sense of achievement
It’s rare, but sometimes when I come into the office and see a huge pile of work waiting for me, I feel … …
snowed under
When we see a new plane fly for the first time, we all feel a great … … …
sense of achievement
I get frustrated when you have to get permission to spend anything over £50. I don’t like … and …
bureaucracy and red tape (rigid, strict rules)
I dislike being … … … … (having lots of paperwork which you need to do at a …)
chained to a desk
Give the word for this definition: ‘travelling the distance between home and work.’
Commuting
I have some nice …, like a company car.
perks
I have to meet … … … every month, so the work can be very stressful.
demanding sales targets
I love the flexibility I have when I’m working. There’s no one … … … … all the time.
breathing down my neck
I don’t have to … to an office all the time, I’m … … clients most of the time.
commute out seeing
My boss allows me to … ‘I can work from home when I’m not seeing clients’
telecommute
I only get 2 weeks a year … … time off
vacation time
I work quite … …, about 60 a week.
long hours