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3.
Come up with
Burn out from
Stand out from
Propel yourself forward.
Stand up to
Stay ahead of: maintain leading position.
Play the part of:
Keep in with: maintain.
Get out there: be confident/go and fix it.
Stand up for: defender.

6.
Follow less conventional paths.
Move your horizons.
Grow into your role.
Reach a stage.
Broaden
Go beyond the scope of
Take a step backwards.
Put yourself in a better position.

7.
Do something original following less conventional paths
Improve your situation = put yourself in a better position
Create more opportunities.
Get to a point= reach a stage.
Develop to a point where you can do your job well= grow into your role
Go beyond the scope of
Cancel the effect =take a step back.

8.
Types of insurance: car insurance, travel insurance, healthcare insurance
Type of allowance: food, fuel
Type of pension (retraite): government, private pension, company.
Type of care: healthcare,

Offer excellent benefits including.

Government pension schemes.
Performance-related scheme.
Generous holiday entitlement.
Relocation allowance.
Healthcare provision.
Subsidized canteen with excellent food.
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Patagonia

Lise is a human resource manager.

Morgane is communication manager.
We are a company who sells streetwear textile.

We propose long maternity leave to help women with their children. We also have a nursery
in the company so they will not worry about the childcare during the day and their children
will be close to them. We gave the name “kids club” for this and the club is also fetching
children after school.

They can manage their own schedule to practice sport we recruit only sportive people and
committed to the environment people.
We are also a sportive company. We propose some classes of different sports like surf.

The company also cares about the environment. We donate 1% of our turnover to an
association.

Employees are involved in the recruitment process. It can help them to meet their future
colleague before starting to work together.

We want to recruit sportive person so we propose to them a healthcare insurance for

everything.

We propose formations not just on the work but also to broaden their horizons and for their
mental health.

3. 2.3

3- They are to young to make decisions

19-02-2024
What is the gig economy?

Point faible: no specialization in a company, dependent on the needs of companies, no

colleague.

Point fort: Variety in the work, can own a lot of money, have a lot of experience.

Task n2:
1) I didn’t ask for a pay rise. I didn’t get one. Even if I’ve had asked, I wouldn’t have got
one.
2) The company didn’t renew our season ticket. I couldn’t go to the football game. If
they had renewed it, I could have come.
 3) They got a rid of the air conditioning. The office is unbearably hot. If only they had fix
it…
4) The airport staff called off their strike yesterday. I’m in Spain now. If the airport staff
hadn’t called off their strike, I would have be here.

Task 3:
1) Marketing sould
2) Perhaps you’re right, I might have been a bit too direct.
3) I would have booked a taxi if I were you.
4) Jim might have finish earlier if the printer had been working.
5) I didn’t realize you were so busy, you should have ask…
6) I could have taken on some of your work – I had some free time for my help.
7) If she have had the information last week she would have been able to include it in
her presentation.
8) I cant find the recieprs anywhere. I suppose it’s possible that Rachel might
9) It would have been better if we had known about the delay to delivery sooner – we
could have changed our plans, but it’s too late now.
10) We should have bought that company when we had the chance. If we had. We’d be
market leaders by now.