WORK VOCABULARY B2

to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving

• retire

• dismiss

• resign

• sack

money that is earned in trade or business after paying the cost of producing and selling goods and services

• benefits

• perks

• profits

• salary

to lose your job because your employer has told you there is not enough work

• resign

• be fired

• be sacked

• be made redundant

extra time that you work after your usual working hours

• overtime

• full-time

• part-time

• more time

to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

• resign

• dismiss

• quit

• abandon

one of a group of people who work together

• partner

• companion

• colleague

• trainee

a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee

• salary

• perks

• bonus

• wage

paid too little for the work you do

• poorly-paid

• underpaid

• below-paid

• high-paid

a person who works a lot of time and find it difficult not to work

• workaholic

• workaddicted

• workable

• workaddic

the amount of money that someone is paid for working

• money

• profits

• benefits

• earnings