At work: colleagues and routines

I usually knock off around five on Fridays.

• I usually do about five jobs on a typical Friday

• I usually finish work about five o'clock on a typical Friday

I don't like having to meet deadlines.

• get things finished by a fixed time

• meet dull, boring people

Charles is my opposite number in the Singapore office.

• Charles does the same job as me in the Singapore office

• Charles does a completely different job to mine in the Singapore office

I'd prefer not to talk shop at the moment.

• talk about work matters outside of working hours

• talk about problems on the shop floor

I'm pretty low down in the pecking order in the company.

• system of choosing people to do particular jobs in rotation

• hierarchy or order of importance

I don't mind working different hours each week, but I hate the night s (a)   .

The job is so r (a)   , just the same thing day after day, week after week.

Doctors work i (a)   hours. They never know what their schedule will be.

What do you call a job with no prospects of promotion?

(a)  

What do you call a job where two people have a 50% contract each to do the same job?

(a)