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.

4. 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.

1. Mark: I get paid every month.

Mike: I see. You get a salary, not wages.

2. 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 _____, but you do get _____. That's good.

3. Mark: The people in production get a _____ if they reach their targets.

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

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

Mike: Wow! The company _____sound very nice.

5. Mark: And they've given me a _____ _____to go and visit clients.

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

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

Mike: Yes, it's important to get a good _____.

7. Mark: The total _____ _____is brilliant.

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

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

have a lot of new ideas               easily find solutions to difficult problems      have energy and enthusiasm      be very understanding       be aggressive shout at his/her employees       be annoying             give extra work change things                           throw things around the office

 

Good boss	Bad boss

 

Complete the text. Choose adjectives from the box.

obstinate         reliable            ambitious        considerate

mean               imaginative     narrow-minded

        

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.

Read and answer the questions. Describe your dream job.

  How to determine your dream job

Determining what your dream job is can help you to reach your career goals. Do you have a dream job in mind? One you’d do for free if you could? Many of us would love to know what that job is, so we can begin to build a path to get there.

Figuring out your dream job

Here are some questions to figure out what your dream job really is:

1. When in your life do you feel truly happy?

2. What are your natural skills?

3. Who do you like to work with?

4. Do you prefer to work alone or in a team?

5. Where do you like to work?

6. What are you passionate about?

7. How much would you like to earn?

8. How many hours would you like to work?

9. Would you like to have a permanent/temporary/part-time/full-time job?

10. What adjectives are appropriate to describe your job?

11. What aspects are the most important in your work?

12. What kind of person should be your boss?

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