Low Morale at Work

Question 1

Unmotivated

Answer 1

adjective

Not wanting to do something

_{I’ve been feeling very unmotivated lately.}

_{It seems she has some unmotivated students.}

Question 2

Morale

Answer 2

noun

The level of satisfaction felt by a group of people working together

_{I am trying to boost morale in my team.}

_{A bad boss is really bad for morale.}

Question 3

Virtual staff

Answer 3

noun

Staff members who work together online from different locations

_{We have a big team of virtual staff.}

_{The amount of virtual staff is increasing rapidly}.

Question 4

Inspire

Answer 4

verb

To make someone feel like they want to do something

_{That book really inspired me!}

_{She was able to inspire her team with her actions.}

Question 5

“We are all in this together”

Answer 5

phrase

Used to say that everyone is working together / experiencing something together

_{Don’t worry, we are all in this together!}

_{We are all in this together, we need to listen to each other.}

Question 6

Delegate

Answer 6

verb

To give a job / task to someone else to do for you

_{He delegated most of his work to his subordinates.}

_{I need to delegate this task to you.}

Question 7

False promise

Answer 7

noun

A promise that someone makes that they have no intention of keeping

_{He made some false promises at his job interview.}

_{The president made some false promises.}

Question 8

… is on someone’s shoulder

Answer 8

idiom

To have a lot of pressure/responsibility on someone

_{He feels like all that responsibility is on his shoulder.}

_{There is a lot of pressure on her shoulder this week.}

Question 9

Add value

Answer 9

phrasal verb

To contribute something valuable

_{She really adds a lot of value to the company.}

_{You can add value to your team by following these steps.}

Question 10

Insanity

Answer 10

noun

A bad / chaotic situation

_{There was a lot of insanity at my previous company.}

_{That plan sounds like insanity to me!}

Question 11

Repetitive

Answer 11

adjective

Something happening the same way many times, usually boring

_{I really hate doing these repetitive tasks…}

_{That jobs seems to be very repetitive.}

Question 12

Mundane tasks

Answer 12

adjective - noun

Boring tasks

_{His boss is always giving him the most mundane tasks.}

_{AI will be able to take over most mundane tasks.}

Question 13

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