| to work | travailler à plein temps |
| worker | le bosseur / la bosseuse |
| full-time | .. |
| part-time | .. |
| overtime | .. |
I'm working full-time at a thrift store.
Je travaille. / Je bosse.He works part-time as an editor.
..If you work overtime, you're payed time and a half.
...
| break | la pause |
I need to take a break.
..It's break time.
..
trade |
le metier |
| work | le travail |
| job | |
career |
la carrière |
Carpentry is his trade.
...
| laziness | la paresse |
| lazy | parreseuse / parreseux |
| overworked | fainéant / fainéante |
| workaholic | le bourreau de travail |
She's a workaholic.
...The workers are overworked and underpaid.
....You're a hard worker.
Tu es un bosseur.
| work force | la main d'oeuvre |
| executive | le cadre |
| boss | le patron |
| manager | ... |
| blue collar | ... |
| white collar | ... |
| employee | l'employé |
I'm a blue-collar workers.
..
| slave | l'esclave |
| slavery | l'esclavage f. |
The robots were enslaved and forced to clean houses.
..
| salary | le salaire |
| pay | la paie |
| fee | l' honoraire |
| bonus | la prime |
| raise | .. |
How much money do you make?
-Combien d'argent gagnez-vous?How much does an engineer earn annually?
..
I earn the minimum wage.
-Je gagne le smic.She asked for a raise.
Elle a demandé une augmentation de salaire..
| holiday | le jour férié |
| vacation | les vacances |
She took a day off.
prendre un jour de congéWe need a day off.
...I have wednesdays off..
Je suis en congé les mercredis
We're going to go on vacation in August..
Nous allons prendre des vacances en août
He is on vacation.
Il est en vacances.Friday is a federal holiday, but we have to go to work anyway.
Le vendredi saint est une fête, mais nous devons quand même aller au travail.
| resume | le curriculum vitae,le CV |
| interview | .. |
| human resources | les ressources humaines |
| applicant | le candidat |
| job ad | l'offre d'emploi |
| head hunter | le chasseur de tête |
We have a job opening. Are you interested?
..I'd like to apply for a job.
postuler pour un travailTomorrow I have an interview.
Demain, je vais passer un entretien d'embauche.
to hire |
embaucher |
The company will hire a secretary.
L'entreprise va embaucher un secrétaire.
| promotion | ... |
| to promote | .. |
| to demote | rétrograder |
I've been promoted to manager. I also got a raise.
...
| to lay-off | licencier |
| to fire | virer |
| to resign | démissionner |
| unemployed | sans emploi |
She resigned from her job as inspector after the building collapsed.
démissionner de son travailI am unemployed and I receive unemployment benefits.
Je suis au chômage et perçois des allocations.
| retirement |
la retraite |
| to retire | prendre sa retraite |
| pension | la pension |
They are retired. They do volunteer work for a charity.
Ils sont retraités..
| internship | le stage |
| intern | .. |
I have an internship with the city.
...Give the boring work to the intern.
..
| strike | la grève |
| union | le syndicat |
The workers went on stike demanding bathroom breaks and health insurance.
Les ouvriers se sont mis en grève.