Read the texts A, B, C in which wages, salary and benefits are described and do the task after

A My name's Sue and I'm a hotel manager in Venice. I get paid a salary every month. In summer we're very busy, so we work a lot of extra hours, or overtime; the money for this is quite good. Working in a hotel, we also get nice perks, for example free meals!

B I'm Ivan and I work as a waiter in Prague. I like my job even if I don't earn very much: I get paid wages every week by the restaurant. We get the minimum wage: the lowest amount allowed by law. But we also get tips, money that customers leave for us in addition to the bill. Some tourists are very generous!

C I'm Catherine and I'm a saleswoman based in Paris. I get a basic salary, plus commission: a percentage on everything I sell. If I sell more than a particular amount in a year, I also get extra money – a bonus, which is nice. There are some good fringe benefits with this job: I get a company car, and they make payments for my pension, money that I'll get regularly after I stop working. All that makes a good benefits package.

4. Mark and Mike are talking about Mark's new job as a photocopier salesperson. Complete the conversations with the words in italic from texts A, B, C.

1. Mark: I get paid every month.

Mike: I see. You get a salary, not wages.

2. Mark: I usually have to work late: I don't get paid for it, but I get a percentage for every photocopier I sell.

Mike: So you don't get _____, but you do get _____. That's good.

3. Mark: The people in production get a _____ if they reach their targets.

Mike: Oh, right. They get an extra payment for producing a certain amount.

4. Mark: The company pays for medical treatment too, and the company restaurant is fantastic.

Mike: Wow! The company _____sound very nice.

5. Mark: And they've given me a _____ _____to go and visit clients.

Mike: So you don't have to buy a car, then.

6. Mark: What's more, the company pays in money for us to get when we don't work any more.

Mike: Yes, it's important to get a good _____.

7. Mark: The total _____ _____is brilliant.

Mike: Yes, all that extra stuff is really worth having.

5. What kind of person should be your boss? What does a good/bad boss do? Put the phrases in the box into the correct column in the table.

have a lot of new ideas easily find solutions to difficult problems have energy and enthusiasm be very understanding be aggressive shout at his/her employees be annoying give extra work change things throw things around the office

Good boss	Bad boss