Answer Key
Vocabulary test
Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
- to resign
- downsize
- laid off
- seniority
- career ladder
- to restructure
- redundant
- outplacement
- demotion
- to retire
- He started as a junior sales representative, but worked hard for years, slowly climbing the [career ladder] until he was finally Vice President of the company.
- She was given a [demotion] for completely making a mess out of that project – now she is back to being Assistant Advertising Director again.
- Just because you have been here longer than me and have [seniority] , don't think you are always right!
- The use of robots on assembly lines has made many blue-collar workers [redundant] .
- We spend too much money on employee salaries, so we are looking to [downsize] and thereby cut costs.
- We offer full [outplacement] services to employees that need help finding new jobs after leaving our firm.
- Five hundred workers were [laid off] when the firm lost its contract to make engines for government cars and trucks.
- Most people choose [to retire] around between the ages of sixty and sixty-five, but some do continue to work into their seventies.
- When the CEO found out about the accounting scandal, he chose [to resign] instead of having to face the angry employees and shareholders.
- We are going [to restructure] the corporation – Accounts, Billing and Payroll will all be under the same department, called Finance.