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Ways of working
HERBY (014 and new ways
'm an office worker in an insurance company. Its a nine-to-five job with
regular working hours. The work isn’t very interesting, but I like to be able to
‘30 home at a reasonable time.
‘We all have co clock in and clock out every day. In this company, even the managers
have to, which is unusual!
Note: You also say clack an and clock off.
Tm in computer programming, There’ a system of flexitime in my company, which
means we can work when we want, within certain limits. We can start at any ————
time before eleven, and finish as early as three, as long as we do enough hours | Bré: flexi
Ame: flextime
each month. Its ideal for me as I have two young children
I work in a ear plant. L work in shifts. I may be on the
day shift one week and the night shift the next week.
Is difficult changing from one shift to another. When I
change shifts, I have problems changing to a new
routine for sleeping and eating
Tm a commercial artist in an advertising agency. I
‘work in a big city, but I prefer living in the country, so
Tcommute to work every day, like thousands of other
commuters. Working from home using a computer and
the Internet is becoming more and more popular, and
the agency is introducing ths: i's called teleworking or
% telecommuting. But I like going into the office and
working Clocking in ‘working with other people around me.
HEED Nice work if you can get it
All these words are used in front of job’ and ‘work’:
m satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting: the work is interesting and gives
you positive feelings.
dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating: the work is not interesting
m repetitive, routine: the work involves doing the same things again and again.
m ‘tiring, tough, hard, demanding: the work is difficult and makes you tired.
Nature of work
human contact
Tong hours
My work involves... | teamwerl
ing
solv
1g problems
travelling a lot
dealing with customers
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2.2
Which person (1-5) is most likely to do each of the five things (ae)?
1 A software designer in an Internet company. Has to be in the office
2 An office worker in a large, traditional manufacturing company
3 A manager in a department store in a large city. Lives in the country.
4A construction worker on a building site where work goes on 24 hours a day.
5 A technical writer for a city computer company. Lives in the country
a work in shifts
bb work under a flexitime system
¢ telecommute
d commute to work
clock on and off at the same time every day
Look at the words and expressions in B and C opposite,
Five people alk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) to the people (a-e)
and put the words in brackets into the correct grammatical forms,
1 accountant
2 postwoman
3 flight attendant
4 software developer
5 teacher
a Obviously, my work involves (travel) a lot. Itcan be quite
physically sou (tite), but I enjoy (deal) with
customers, excepe when they become violent. Luckily this doesn’t happen often.
b Tike sconce (Work) with figures, but my job is MUCH 18 suousnnsnsnsne (bore)
and routine than people think. The Work sss sone (involve) a lot of human
contact and teamwork, working with other managers
© Of course, it involves getting up quite early in the moming, But T like
(be) out in the open air. And I get a lot of exercise!
4 You've got to think in a very logical way. The work can be mentally
(tire), but its very satisfying to write a program that works.
€ Hove my job. IPS Very snsnsnninennmnennnnns (stimulate) and not at all
(repeat): no two days are the same. It’s good to see the children
learn and develop.
oT T ero)
eR nacILS
Do you have a nine-to-five job? Pee eT en
Cr) ick on and off? Is there like to have if you worked?
a flexitime system in your organization?
OS ee eek Tay
Norn
Would you like to work from home?
on OR ONS cL Rc
home? If so, would you like to?
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