Julie is an office worker in a marketing company. She has a nine-to-five job as a secretary and works regular hours. Sometimes she works overtime because she has to fill in for other collegues when they are on sick leave. She likes her work even though she is not always able to go home at a reasonable time.
Mark is a Sales
Manager in a small advertising
agency. His office is in the
suburbs of a small city in the south east of England. He prefers
the peace and quiet of a rural area to the hectic urban
lifestyle. Two years ago he used to commute to work every day
from Uckfield to London but then he was offered a chance to work
from home using a computer and the Internet. This new type of work called telecommuting
is becoming more and more common all over the world.
Kriss
works in a power plant. Her weekly work schedule is made
up of different shifts. For example, some weeks she only works night
shift which is from midnight to seven a.m. At other times she
works a split shift which makes her days very irregular. This
sometimes makes it difficult for Kriss to see her family on a regular
basis.
Ann works in the Human Resource Dpt of a
textile company. She is responsible for the
recruitment of new
people and for staff
training and development. She works to ensure that the right people
are available to meet the company's needs in terms of
quantity and quality. When necessary she recruits monthly-paid staff or
even hourly-paid staff. She is also in charge of arranging
the work schedule for white-collar employees and for workers
at the shop
floor.