Flashcards on Essential Business English Terminology
Essential Business English Terminology: A Student's Guide
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Card 1
Question: What are tips?
Answer: Payments given by customers.
Card 2
Question: What is a pension?
Answer: Income received after retirement.
Card 3
Question: What do the terms 'employees,' 'staff,' or 'workforce' refer to in a company?
Answer: The people who work for a company.
Card 4
Question: Who are white-collar workers and blue-collar workers?
Answer: White-collar: those who work in offices; blue-collar: those who do manual labor.
Card 5
Question: What does it mean to be promoted?
Answer: To move to a higher position.
Card 6
Question: What does it mean to be demoted?
Answer: To move to a lower position.
Card 7
Question: What are the ways to leave employment mentioned in the text (excluding hiring, recruitment, or cultural integration)?
Answer: To resign voluntarily, retire, be dismissed, or be made redundant.
Card 8
Question: What does 'made redundant' mean?
Answer: When your job position is eliminated.
Card 9
Question: What are 'downsizing' and 'restructuring' in a corporate context?
Answer: Downsizing = reducing the number of employees; restructuring = changing the organization of a company.
Card 10
Question: What is the difference between bullying and harassment?
Answer: Bullying = repeated aggressive behavior at work; harassment = unwelcome behavior that offends or humiliates.