work unsocial (antisocial) hours

WORK

work:	work force, labour force
intellectual	to work on shifts
mental	to work over time
manual	to work from home
managerial	workweek
challenging	working hours
demanding	fixed hours
rewarding	a nine-to-five job
fulfilling	flexible hours
monotonous	flexitime
creative	work unsocial (antisocial) hours
(un)skilled	irregular hours
versatile	adverse working conditions
boring	pleasant working environment
repetitive	freelance work
tiring	self-employed
excessive	job-sharing
overtime	non-working activities
stressful	the routine of work
steady	pink-collar jobs/workers/industries
satisfying	white-collar jobs/workers/industries
well/ low-paid	blue-collar jobs/workers/industries
full-time/part-time	to be addicted to work/ workaholic
temporary/permanent	attitude toward / about work
	stimulus / intensive / impact
employment/ unemployment	to cope with
employer, -ee, to employ	to meet the needs of
to apply for a job	to do a good/great/marvelous job
job application	to be idle
applicant	to shirk work
job seeker	to commute, commuter
vacancy	personnel
shortlist	social background
interview, -ee, -er	colleague/workmates
attend an interview	co-worker
curriculum vitae (CV), resume	head, manager, chief
reference, a letter of reference	to be in charge of
to make / create / produce a good / bad impression	superior, supervisor
offer somebody a job	under the supervision of
get/find a job	trainee, apprentice, apprenticeship
recruit/appoint/sign up/engage/take on	role model
land a job	efficiency, efficient
take a job	cost-effective
hold down a job	self-confident, reliable
probation	sense of self-worth
probationer	competitor
job description	to take risks
contract/contractual obligations	to be underpaid
job evaluation	to insure
job satisfaction	job security
job mobility	social insurance
profession	sick leave
occupation	maternity/paternity leave
qualification	leave, to be on leave
competence	medical certificate
skills, transferable skills	sick note
to be good at something	sick pay
to be weak in something	absenteeism
speciality, specialist	to clock in / out
to specialize in	to reprimand
to work on / out / off / in / at	a cut in the salary
to earn one’s living	to downsize the workforce
allowance, payment	to make sb. redundant
pay / wages / salary / fee	to be laid off
payday	to sack, to dismiss, to fire
payroll / on the payroll	to lose a job
minimum wage	to resign/ to quit work
competitive salary	to give a notice/ to hand in a notice
living wage/salary	to live on the dole, welfare (am.)
take-home pay	out of work / out of a job
performance-related pay	jobless
salaried workers	to survive
pay rise	pension, pensioner, to be on pension
benefits package	to retire, retiree, retirement
fringe benefits	retirement plan / pension plan
increment	tax, taxation
bonus	to handle, to run (a business, a charity)
perks	to take over a company
commission	to put sb. out of business
holiday entitlement	to stand in for
subsidized canteen
to benefit by/from sth	Working in a team:
reward, to be rewarded for	common goal
promotion, prospects of promotion	morale
opportunity for promotion	foster sth
career prospects	team spirit
to achieve success	collaboration (with sb)
advancement in work	mutual respect/trust
“climbing up the ladder”	value sb/sth
upward mobility	pool resources
career	fit in (with sb/sth)
personal gratification	disruptive
fame	undermine sb/sth
fortune	stifle creativity
glamorous job	enterprise
dead-end job	initiative
Idioms
a closed shop	to burn oneself out
to talk shop	to work yourself into the ground
to work for peanuts	to work one’s way through school/college/university
to make the best of a bad job

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