The career ladder Part 1

We used to have four layers of management, but now we have only two

I am an independent software designer. At the moment, I’m working for three companies

I don’t know whether my job here is safe. I could be out of work next month.

In 1999 we had 430 employees. Now there are only 280.

We used to do our printing in-house, but now it’s done by a company in Hong Kong.

I was a shop floor supervisor but they made me manager of the whole production plant.

Our company has been completely reorganized to make it more efficient.

Now that we have reduced our costs, we are making much more money.

I didn’t like the way the company was being run so I ________________ 

They laid ________________ 200 people in March and 50 more in September. 

I joined this company because the career _________________ is excellent. 

I have regular performance ______________ with my manager. 

We now have fewer employees and so the company is much ________________ . 

I have worked my way up and now I am a ________________ manager. 

She was _______________ for copying company software on the PC. 

I was appointed on a ________________ contract so my job isn’t very safe. 

When you join a company now you can’t expect a ________________ for life. 

If you break the safety rules you can be ________________ immediately.