The Office, one

 
 
 

Vocabulary Relating to Offices

boss	employee	employer
CEO	full-time	accountant
service	part-time	health insurance
attend	work hard	hardly working
desk	supplier	organized
client	prospect	indifferent
fax	secretary	equipment
chair	hard (2)	hard copy
xerox	document	photocopier
copy	manager	expensive
human	break (2)	reception
area (2)	favorite	handyman
nice	resource	conference
busy	meeting	human resources
formal	dress (2)	dress code
suit	contract	office politics

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

A. Employees, Employer, Clients, and Suppliers

1. My friend gets along with his or her boss. Is this right or wrong? What does he or she say?

2. Are all the staff in your office full-time, permanent employees?

3. Employers should provide health insurance to all their employees. Do you agree?

4. The secretaries are the hardest workers in the office or company. What do you think?

5. Does the office manager have everything very well organized, is it chaotic, or in between?

6. Everyone treats clients and prospects like kings and queens; but they are indifferent towards vendors and suppliers.
 
 

 
 

B. Office Equipment

7. Does your office still need a fax machine, photocopier, computer printer and scanner?

8. All contracts are signed on paper. We need hard copies of all contracts. In addition, we print out copies of every document. As a result, the ink or toner cartridge is always running out. We always have to change the toner cartridge of the printer. True or false?

9. Does everyone in the office have their own computer (PC)? Is there a technician who services all the company’s computers?

10. The office chairs are modern and very expensive.

11. It’s okay for the boss to put his feet on his desk. What do you think?

12. Do you have problems with the photocopier about once every quarter (three months)? Does a technician services our photocopier (xerox machine) once every three months?