Vocabulary
Study the following vocabulary.
At work
What do you do? – What is your job?
I'm a teacher.
What's your job?
I work in a bank.
What do you do for a living?
I work for Renault.
I have no job at the moment.
I'm unemployed. – I have no job
What does your job involve? – What do you do in your job?
To be in charge of one of the smaller departments.
I have to deal with all the computers in our bank. – It is my task to...
I run the money in the company.
Daily duties
I have to meet clients who I do business with.
I have to see/visit clients who I do business with.
I advise clients what to do if they have any problems.
I have to attend/go to meetings.
I do a lot of paperwork.
I work on the computer.
Pay / salary
earn – make money
holiday pay – you get money but you are on holiday
sick pay – you get money but you are sick
income – all the money you make
income tax – a tax on net personal income
Working hours
Regular working hours 9.00a.m. to 5.30p.m.
flexi time – your working hours change depending on your work
shiftwork – dayshifts and nightshifts (factories, hospitals, etc)
work overtime
full time
part time