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Before You Begin
 
 Match the vocabulary with the pictures
 
1. department____ difficult; frustrating2. stressful____ a nice room; acomfortable place3. get lost in the shuffle____ group; section4. nice environment____ you can work therefor a long time5. in favor of____ forgotten;nobody helps you6. job security____ to agree;to support7. freedom____ good points;pros 8. advantages____ independence;flexibility
 
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Big or small company?
 
Listen and match the names with their comments. The first one is done for you.
ChrisAkiPraeMatthewLoriEoin
Prae_____ 
For now I think I would like to work for a big company because I'mreally new to the working ... because I'm a newly graduate and I think it wouldbe nice to learn all the system in the big company first.
 __________ 
I used to think that a small company would be a much nicer environment to work in but having actually worked for a small company, nowI'm much more in favor of a big companies and standard working hours andstandard working conditions.
 __________ 
Well, I'd rather have my own business to be honest, but if I had tochoose between a big company and a small company, I think I'd prefer a smallone because I think if you work for a big company often you get lost intheshuffle and you become just a number rather than a real person, so if I had tochoose, I'd go with the small one.
 __________ 
Actually, I want to try working in a big company. The first job I got,it quite a small company. There were only about maybe one thousand peopleand my department only had about six people in it and it was quite small. I hadto work under the president which was quite stressful so, if I work in a bigger company, I guess I don't really have to work under the president and go under all that stress.
 __________ 
I suppose there are advantages to both, working for a smallcompany, you might have more space and more time to work on projects thatyou're interested in, but a big company, I suppose, you might think, you havemore job security, so on balance I think I'd prefer to work for a big company, butI've worked for small companies in the past and there was a bit more freedominvolved in those jobs.
 __________ 
I've worked for big companies and for small companies and theyall have their own problems but in general I prefer working for smallcompanies.
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Big or small company?
1) Chris would rather work for  _____ company.
a) a bigb) a smallc) his own
2) Aki says being ____ wasstressful.
a) the presidentb) in a small companyc) in a big company
3) Prea _____ work for a bigcompany.
a) wants tob) would never c) used to
4) Matthew has worked ____ companies.
a) just for smallb) only for bigc) for big and small
5) Lori would least like to work for  _____ company.
a) a bigb) a smallc) her own
6) Eoin thinks it is best to work for  _______ .
a) a big companyb) a small comanyc) oneself 
1) Most people would prefer workfor a _____ company.
a) smallb) bigc) either 
2) Whose views differ the most?
a) Matthew and Akib) Eoin and Chrisc) Lori and Prae
3) ____ people have worked for asmall company before.
a) Twob) Threec) Four 
4) Who talks about getting 'lost inthe shuffle'?
 a) Chrisb) Loric) Eoin
5) Who says good points aboutboth?
 a) Chrisb) Matthewc) Eoin
6) Who wants to learn new skills?
 a) Akib) Praec) Eoin
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