Essential Job

Vocabulary
Where do you work?

•I work at..
•I work for.
•I work in..
•I work with..
I work at / for
•(name of company)

• Example:
•I work at Antoree.
•I work for Antoree.
I work in
• (a place, a city/country, department and area)

• Example:
• I work in an office.
• I work in France.
• I work in the Marketing department.
• I work in finance.
I work with

• (things/people, that are the object of your day-to-day

work)

• Example:
•I work with computers.
•I am a teacher. I work with special-needs
children.
•LET’S REVIEW
 • I work at (company)
• I work for (company/person)
• I work in ( a place, a city/country, department,
general area)
• I work with (people/things)
If you want to add more details say..
• I’m responsible for..

• Example:
• I’m responsible for updating the company
website.
• I’m responsible for interviewing candidates for
job.
Where do you work

•Commonly phrased as…

• What do you do?

• What do you do for a living?
How do you answer this if you don’t have
a job?
You can say..
I’m unemployed.
I’m between jobs at the moment.

If you work for yourself..

I’m self-employed.
I own a small business/restaurant.
•Additional Vocabulary
• HIRED
>If you are officially accepted into a new company

Employee
When you are hired you become an employee

Employer
>The company becomes your employer.
• Colleague/co-workers
• >Other employees in the company

Boss/Supervisors
>person above you who is responsible for your work

Salary
>Money you receive regularly for your work

Pay raise
>increase in salary if you are good at work
• Promotion
• >An increase in importance and authority

• Fire
• >when a company forces you to leave your job

Laid off
>loses job because of a neutral reason like the company
is reducing its size because of financial problem

Retire
> When an old person decides to stop working