Compléter How good is your job?Version en ligne ESL. B2. https://test-english.com/listening/b2/how-good-is-your-job-b2-listening-test/ vocabulary practice par Boglárka Kozári 1 next song tune well-paid expected unpaid fair I remember at school years ago , we always used to say that the amount of money you earn is unimportant and that it's better to have an interesting job as long as you get a wage . Well , that's just it , isn't it ? When I started looking at how much these interesting jobs pay and the number of hours you are to do , it's just not enough to live on . So , I've changed my now . I'm not prepared to work for to nothing . 2 tenterhooks maintain balance recognition sends convinced allows promotion There's only so much I'm prepared to do . I have friends who work all the hours god , thinking all those extra hours will earn them in the company and get them a . I'm not that it gets them anywhere , and they don't have much of a life outside of work . I'd rather a decent work - life . 3 rush traffic costs jam saved commute used It takes me two hours to get to and from work in the car . I have to travel during hour , of course , and it takes twice as long as it does at any other time of day . Thankfully , I'm working two days a week from home now , so that's me a lot of time and fuel . These days I just put on some podcasts and relax , and I don't get as frustrated with the slow and bad driving these days as I to . 4 make avoid draw divide drawing pass clash crash whizzes For me , the one thing that can or break a job is the people you work with . You can have the most boring job , but if you are working with fun , easy - going people , the day by . It's the luck of the , though . You can't force it . Those team - building days they sometimes put on won't help to bridge a between people who just can't work well together . There are people I with at work . I just try to them as much as I can . 5 granted concerned dismiss go eye redundant ropes laid tenterhooks Everyone is about job security . I don't think anyone can take it for that their job is secure . There has been company restructuring a couple of times at my company , but I've managed to escape being off . I'm always on , though , and I'm always keeping an out for other companies in the area which I could work at if I do get let .