6.1     Look at A, B and C opposite to find the answers to the crossword.
Across
2 and 17 Office workers
may wear this. (5,6) 5 All the people working
for a company. (5) 7............ workers use
their hands. (6) 8 When people stop
working to protest. (6)
10  One of the people working for an organization. (8)
11  Occasions when workers stop working to protest: walk-............(4)
13  Another name for the human resources department. (9)
14 Workers seen as a group. (6)
18 and 15 down Various forms of protest at work. (10,6)
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Down
1  Everyone working for a company is on this. (7)
2 Everyone, or everyone except top managers. (9)
3 These are trade in the UK and labor in the US. (6)
4  and 17 across Manual workers may wear this. (4,6)
5 The place in a factory where
the production lines are. (4, 5) 9 When people stop work to
complain about something. (8) 16 and 12 When workers
intentionally produce less.
(2,4)
6.2     Manuel Ortiz is the founder of a Spanish computer sales company. Use the words in B and D opposite to complete what he says about it.
I founded Computadoras Creativas 20 years ago. We started with a small
(1)_________in Madrid. Our (2)________________, our (3)__________________
is still here, but now we have sites all over Spain, with about 500 employees. Many
of the offices are (4)______-______: everyone works together, from managers to
(5)______________________________, as well as people selling over the phone, and
people in technical (6)__________giving help to customers over the phone.
Recruitment is taken care of in Madrid, by the (7)______________________
_______________or(8)___.
Think about the company you work for or one you would like to work for.
Where is its head office? How many sites does the company have? How many employees?
Is it better to have everyone on one site or to have different sites with different
activities? Do people have their own offices or are there open-plan offices?
Which type do you / would you prefer to work in?
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