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	Conversation	Alternatives
Peter:	What does the company you work for do?	What do you do?
Charles:	I work for (your company).	I work in the (company) department. I’m based in ... (town/city). I’m responsible for ... (work area). At the moment I’m working on ... (current project).
Peter:	What is your job?
Charles:	I’m a engineer	I’m a skilled (semi-skilled23; unskilled) blue-collar worker24 / white-collar worker25 / academic / accountant / civil servant26 / company director / consultant / engineer / civil engineer / electrical engineer / marine engineer / mechanical engineer / lawyer / manager / personal assistant / secretary / teacher / technician. I’m self-employed. I have/run my own business. I’m a self-employed businessman/businesswoman. I’m a freelancer / freelance designer / writer / trainer.
Peter: Charles:	What are your responsibilities?	I head.../ I’m in charge of.... I look after .../ I take care of... . I handle ..../ I deal with.... My work involves... I liaise27 with my opposite number in London.
Peter:	What kind of money do you get?
Charles:	As a white-collar employee I get a salary.	The total of what I receive from my employer (pay plus benefits like a company car, subsidized28 meals and transport) is called the compensation package29 or remuneration package. I occasionally get a bonus. However, I have income tax deducted30 at source. National insurance contributions (social security contributions)31 cover my state pension and unemployment benefits32.

Author’s note: For comparison, a blue-collar employee gets a wage. A sales representative gets a commission on sales. A consultant or accountant gets a fee. A senior manager may get a share option (US: stock option). A retired employee receives a pension. An employee being laid off gets a redundancy payment. Shareholders get a dividend. A student gets a grant or a government loan. A writer gets royalties.

	Conversation	Alternatives
Peter:	How do you get to work?
Charles:	I commute.	I get to work by underground (US: subway)/ public transport (US: public transportation)/ on foot (I walk to work).
Peter:	What do you take with you to work?
Charles:	Usually I take a briefcase	Usually I take a handbag (US: purse)33 with an address book, business cards, a calculator, cheque book (US: checkbook), credit cards, a diary (US: engagement calendar)34/ personal organizer (GB: Filofax), mobile phone (US also: cellular phone), purse (US: coin purse)35, wallet (US also: billfold)36.

Author’s note: Handbags/purses are usually carried by women.

	Conversation	Alternatives
Peter:	What’s your daily work routine?
Charles:	I get to work at nine o’clock	I look at the mail in my in-tray37. I check my e-mail. I type a couple of replies. I have a meeting with the rest of the team. I call two or three of our main customers. I arrange/fix/schedule some meetings for the following week. I have lunch in the company restaurant/canteen. Once a months, I make a presentation to the management committee. I leave the office at seven in the evening.
Peter:	Where do you work?
Charles:	I work at the head office	I work at the headquarters/at the regional office/in the local office/in the company’s training centre(US:center)/from home/in the office block D/in the main building/in a factory/ in a warehouse/in a research laboratory/in an open plan office38.
Peter:	How do I find you?
Charles:	You give your name to the security guard.	You go through the main gate. You go to the main building. You go to reception. You go up to the reception desk. You talk to the receptionist. You sign/write your name in the visitors’ book. You pin your visitor pass to your coat. You take the lift (US: elevator) to the fifth floor.
Peter:	What’s in your office?
Charles:	On my desk there are files	On my desk there is a a ring-binder file (with dividers)39, a desk diary, an in-tray, an out-tray, headed notepaper40, a desktop/laptop computer. On the computer there are: files, directories, word processing software, spreadsheet software41, database management software42.
Peter:	What do you want from your job?	What do you expect from your job?
Charles:	I want good pay.	I want a high level of job satisfaction, motivating tasks, recognition, self-esteem43, good career prospects (prospects for my future professional development), a healthy balance between my professional and my private life. [1]