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7.1     Complete the tables with forms of words from A, B and C opposite. You may wish to refer to a dictionary.
7.2
Noun	Verb	Noun	Adjective
retire		seniority	
demotion		freelance	
lay-off		redundancy	
dismiss		insecure	
terminate		flexible	
Match the sentence beginnings (1-5) to the correct endings (a-e). The sentences all contain words from A and B opposite.
1   Career paths aren't what they used to be;
2  He worked his way up from
3  The new management have delayered the company,
4  We used to do printing in-house,
a and they will be replaced by temporary
workers. b companies won't take care of us for life
any more. c but now we outsource it.
5 Workers are afraid their organizations will    d factory worker to factory manager, be downsized                                               e reducing five management levels to three.
7.3     Carla used to work for an Italian magazine publishing company. She talks about how she lost her job. Choose the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the text.
Edizione Fenice is a big magazine publishing company, and a very nice company to work for. I was director of a magazine called Casa e Giardino.
Then, Fenice was bought by an international publishing group. We had to
have regular performance (1)...............(review/reviews/reviewer) with
one of the new managers. After a few months they started laying staff
(2)...............(off/on/out). Our own journalists were put on temporary
(3)...............(contracts/contractual/contracting) or replaced by
(4)...............(freelancer/freelancers/freelanced).
Then they started (5)...............(laid/lying/laying) off more senior people like me.The new
owners said they wanted to make the company (6)...............(flat/flatter/flatten) and
(7)...............(lean/leant/leaner). So I was made (8)...............
(redundant/redundancies/redundancy). They offered to help me to find another job with (9)...............(outplacement/outplaced/outplacing) advice, but I refused.
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If you work ... Do you have performance reviews? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Has your organization been restructured? What aspects of the business does your company outsource?	If you don't work ... Would you prefer a job for life or a more flexible career? Would you like regular performance reviews?
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