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Episode 10

 

Sarah starts her first day on the job and is shown around the office by Philip and Marcia.

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Comprehension Task

Watch the video. Then decide if the sentences below are true or false.

Exercise

Task 2

Business Notes

In the final video Sarah starts her first day at WebWare and Philip and Marcia show her around the office. Sarah is surprised to find that she doesn’t have to hot desk. Hot desking is the practice of using any available desk at work, instead of having a desk assigned to you and is quite common in UK companies. It is often associated with flexible working and work-life balance, two buzz words in corporate life these days.

Flexible working is a phrase that describes any working pattern adapted to suit the needs of the employee.

Common types of flexible working are:

part-time: working less than the normal hours, perhaps by working fewer days per week

flexi-time: choosing when to work (there's usually a core period during which you have to work)

compressed hours: working your agreed hours over fewer days

staggered hours: different starting, break and finishing times for employees in the same workplace

job sharing: sharing a job designed for one person with someone else

home working: working from home

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hsibelyucel's picture
Submitted by hsibelyucel on 24 October, 2011 - 15:23. Turkey

Hello Adam,
I am trying to watch in turkey and I am using web browser Internet Explorer 9, and I watch them at work.
best wishes and
thank you

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Submitted by AdamJK on 24 October, 2011 - 17:01. Poland

Hello Sibel,
Thanks for your answers. Regarding your final answer, I'm not clear if you have tried to watch the videos on more than one computer. Can you see them on your work computer or do you get an error? What happens if you try another computer?
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team

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Submitted by yiyirose on 21 October, 2011 - 11:18. China

I think it is a useful and helpful website.Thank you all web workers.In this video,at last Philip said,"we'll leave you to it then."What does he mean?I am afraid I can not understand,who can help me?Thanks.

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Submitted by AdamJK on 21 October, 2011 - 16:51. Poland

Hello,
Philip means that they will leave Sarah alone so that she can get on with her work.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
 

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