Match the English verbs with their Russian equivalents.

 

1) to sack a) отвечать за, руководить

 

2) to resign b) уйти на пенсию, выходить в отставку

 

3) to get/receive a pay rise c) увольняться, уволиться по собственному

желанию

4) to be promoted d) получить повышение заработной платы

 

5) to be in charge of e) зарабатывать

 

6) to retire f) увольнять

 

7) to earn g) получить повышение по службе

 

10. Complete the sentences with the verbs in task 9.

 

1. If he criticizes my work again I'll.

2. Postmen in the North East willalmost a 9%by 2015 - plus a pre-Christmas bonus.

3. Shoji Kondo, vice president of Hino Motors, Ltd. willpresident of the company while company President Tadaaki Jagawa will become a board chairman.

4. “A number of senior executives, many of whom were hired in the early to mid-1960s, have reached the age and length of service when retirement is an attractive option," Trotman said.

"They have concluded that this is a good time to

and allow the next generation of

 

management to build on the success of Ford 2000 as the company moves toward the 21st century.

5. Bishops were yesterday urged to follow Pope John Paul II's example and convicted of child sex abuse.

6. In India they could5000 Indian rupees per month which is about £60.

priests

 

7. Kellogg's UK has promoted a specialty controller Mike Taylor to the position of sales director. Taylor willthe sales strategy for Kellogg's and its negotiations with some of the world's largest retailers and wholesalers.

 

 

permanent job/work постоянная работа temporary job/work временная работа

full-time job штатная должность, работа полный рабочий день

 

part-time job работа по совместительству, работа неполный рабочий день

 

 

11. Choose the option that is true. Pay attention to the words in the box.

 

1. An employee is more likely to get full health care benefits if he or she works full-time/part- time. These benefits typically include health, dental and vision insurance.

2. Workers are considered to be full-time/part-time if they commonly work fewer than 30 or 35 hours per week.

3. Permanent/Temporary is a job that is intended to continue for a long time or forever.

 

4. Some might get a temporary/permanent job in order to earn money for a better job or one might get a temporary/permanent job to assess if they are interested in the field or for a superior to assess them.

5. Full-time/part-time employees are more likely to earn paid vacation days, paid sick days, and paid holidays.

6. “Our business model allows us to plan months and even years ahead, so having the

 

temporary/permanent staff in place suits us perfectly,” said Dale-Gough.

7. The client said it was because the permanent/temporary employees were on short-term contracts that were driving their performance.

8. Permanent/Temporary work is generally defined as “Workers who work all year and have an expectation of continuing employment.”

9. Permanent/Temporary work may cover many types of employment including seasonal, contract, casual, fixed-term, etc.

10. Writing a book is usually a full-time/part-time job that takes years.

 

11. Part-time/Full-time jobs are a great opportunity for students to earn while learning.

 

12. Read the texts A, B, C in which wages, salary and benefits are described and do the task after.

A My name's Sue and I'm a hotel manager in Venice. I get paid a salary every month. In summer we're very busy, so we work a lot of extra hours, or overtime; the money for this is quite good. Working in a hotel, we also get nice perks, for example free meals!

 

 

B I'm Ivan and I work as a waiter in Prague. I like my job even if I don't earn very much: I get paid wages every week by the restaurant. We get the minimum wage: the lowest amount allowed by law. But we also get tips, money that customers leave for us in addition to the bill. Some tourists are very generous!

 

 

C I'm Catherine and I'm a saleswoman based in Paris. I get a basic salary, plus commission: a percentage on everything I sell. If I sell more than a particular amount in a year, I also get extra money – a bonus, which is nice. There are some good fringe benefits with this job: I get a company car, and they make payments for my pension, money that I'll get regularly after I stop working. All that makes a good benefits package.

 

Mark and Mike are talking about Mark's new job as a photocopier salesperson. Complete the conversations with the words in italic from texts A, B, C.

Mark: I get paid every month.

 

Mike: I see. You get a (1), not wages.

 

Mark: I usually have to work late: I don't get paid for it, but I get a percentage for every photocopier I sell.

Mike: So you don't get (2), but you do get (3). That's good.

 

Mark: The people in production get a (4)if they reach their targets.

Mike: Oh, right. They get an extra payment for producing a certain amount.

 

Mark: The company pays for medical treatment too, and the company restaurant is fantastic.

 

Mike: Wow! The company (5)sound very nice.

 

Mark: And they've given me a (6)to go and visit clients.

 

Mike: So you don't have to buy a car, then.

 

Mark: What's more, the company pays in money for us to get when we don't work anymore.

 

Mike: Yes, it's important to get a good (7).

 

Mark: The total (8)is brilliant.

 

Mike: Yes, all that extra stuff is really worth having.

 

13. What kind of person should be your boss? What does a good/bad boss do? Put the phrases below into the correct column in the table. Translate the expressions.

Have a lot of new ideas; easily find solutions to difficult problems; be very understanding; have energy and enthusiasm; shout at his/her employees and scream aloud; be annoying; be watchful and

aggressive in one’s demands; make you work overtime; change things; create a positive work environment; throw things around the office; be suspicious about everybody; never push people to work.

 

Good boss	Bad boss

 

 

14. Match the parts 1 – 9 to the parts a – i to make sentences.

 

1) He never pushes people to work

 

2) Do not confront your boss

 

3) An analytic eye is the quality of a supervisor

 

4) Just yesterday my boss lost his temper

 

5) Is it legal to make me work overtime

 

6) A paranoid boss is suspicious about everybody

 

7) Our boss can create a positive work environment which

 

8) If you tell a boss that things need to change

 

9) “A manager who is too watchful, aggressive and unreasonable in his/her demands

 

a) is important for the results that we produce for the company.

 

b) when he shouts at you.

 

c) when I don't want to?

d) can be a workplace “bully”, explains Stacy Harris, director of HR at Bersin & Associates.

 

e) who has the ability to find solutions to difficult problems easily.

 

f) you most likely will be the one to “change” jobs.

 

g) but he creates an atmosphere where an employee can love work.

 

h) observing people’s motives and doubts who are trying to give bad remarks about him.

 

i) and started throwing things around his office, and slamming doors and drawers.

 

15. Complete the text. Choose adjectives from the box.

 

obstinate упрямый, настойчивый

 

reliable надежный

 

ambitious честолюбивый, амбициозный, целеустремленный considerate внимательный к другим, деликатный

mean подлый, придирчивый imaginative одаренный воображением narrow-minded посредственный, ограниченный

 

In my first job, my boss was hopeless. The business never moved forward because he was too (1), without any interest in new ideas. Even if there were very good reasons to make a change, he refused to accept them – he was so (2)that there was no point in trying to argue with him.

My new boss is just the opposite. She’s very (3)– she’s determined to make her business succeed and to get to the top. She’s also an (4)designer with lots of unusual and creative ideas. The only problem is that she isn’t a very (5)person. As long as our work is fine, she doesn’t think about us, and she sometimes says things that really hurt our feelings.

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