Work from Home Vocabulary
Flexibility: being able to change or be changed depending on circumstances.
Sentence- Flexibility of labour was obtained through the breakup of old trade union structures.
Work-life balance: the time spent at your job in comparison to the time spent on your personal life.
Sentence- This serves as a jumping-off point for a discussion of work-life balance, a very relevant topic in our increasingly hectic world.
Distraction: something that takes away your attention from something else.
Sentence- Demands for equality were seen as a distraction from more serious issues.
Burnout: fatigue or tiredness from being overworked.
Sentence- Fatigue and boredom combine to cause burnout – one of the biggest reasons people quit.
Sense of community: when members of a group have a feeling of belonging and that they matter to one another.
Sentence- To bring about this sense of community, Eliot includes historical and contemporary Londoners of various social classes.
Colleagues: people you work with.
Sentence- His colleagues were perfectly pleasant and friendly but they had their own lives to lead.
Camaraderie: the feeling of friendship and trust that people who work together or spend time together share.
Sentence- In particular, Haslam found the camaraderie he experienced working alongside mineworkers extremely rewarding.
Teamwork: when people work together to accomplish a goal.
Sentence- Her determination, teamwork skills and leadership capabilities convinced us that she was perfect for the job.
Isolation: the feeling or state of being separated from others.
Sentence- The country has again achieved international respectability after years of isolation.
Productivity: how much you work you produce in relation to how much time you spend.
Sentence- Farmers are introducing in novations which increase the productivity.
Workplace: any location where a person performs a job.
Sentence- Conflict between management and workers makes for inefficiency in the workplace.
Work remotely or remote work: when an employee works from home rather than an office and uses the phone and/or computer to communication.
Sentence- This is the brave new world of remote work.
Chained to a desk: when someone feels forced or obligated to work exclusively from their desk.
Sentence- I don’t want a job where I’m chained to a desk all day.
9 to 5: the typical hours of work in many countries. Also can mean normal sometimes boring or mundane jobs.
Sentence- Here we simply want to note how different this way of working is from the job-based 9 to 5.
Carbon footprint: how much carbon dioxide someone/ somethings actions create.
Sentence- But the company said in a conference call that its total carbon footprint has continued to climb, reflecting a growing number of users and society’s increasing reliance on online services.
Environmentally friendly: describes things or activities that do not harm the environment.
Sentence- Development of a fast, efficient, safe, environmentally friendly, low noise series of hydraulic machinery.
Financially viable: describes something that allows companies to generate income, fulfill responsibilities and continue to grow.
Sentence- It’s the result of years of work by scientists at a nuclear establishment which is branching out to stay financially viable.
Supervision: when someone manages a person or department to make sure rules are followed and work is done correctly.
Sentence- We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision.
Lockdown: when people are not allowed to leave an area as a security measure.
Sentence- Nearby apartments were being evacuated and Binghamton High School is on lockdown, it said.
Autonomy: when you make decisions for yourself without the control of others.
Sentence- Foster indicates how commitment to relative autonomy of the political, ideological and economic generates accounts which look very like traditional functionalism.
