Answer — Exercise 4
9.1 - Freedom at work·New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
Read the article again and answer the questions.
Answer
- Employees set their own salaries, meet guests in reception, do the photocopying, send faxes, type letters, dial the phone and evaluate their bosses.
- Semco has plants instead of walls and staff can decorate their own workplace; some of the staff wear suits while others wear T-shirts.
- Rubin Agater is an employee who is important because he knows everything about Semco pumps and how to fix them.
- workers can decide their own work hours and use Semco machinery for personal projects.
- Yes. Profits have increased and the company is growing.
- 'Peer pressure' is the strong feeling that you must do the same things as / be like the people around you. It is important because this is what motivates people to work hard at Semco.