The best companies to work for

The Reading / Listening - Level 1

Another survey has a different list. The careers website Glassdoor also asked employees to answer questions about happiness, career opportunities, and pay, etc. It said the consulting firm Bain and Company was the best place to work. Bain and Co. was very proud to be number one. It has tried to make a professional work experience for over 40 years. This has made the company grow. Employees want to make their clients around the world happy.

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Sources

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/google-costco-and-facebook-best-employers-in-the-us-glassdoor-poll-530769
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101266582
http://www.techspot.com/news/56866-survey-ranks-google-as-top-employer-for-pay-and-benefits.html

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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	A report has listed the	a.	engineer
2.	It asked employees about	b.	was Google
3.	Top of the list	c.	conditions
4.	working	d.	so happy
5.	software	e.	best 25 companies
6.	gets an average	f.	time off
7.	Google staff are	g.	their happiness
8.	they rarely take	h.	of $119,000 a year

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Another survey has	a.	to work
2.	asked employees to	b.	Bain and Company
3.	career	c.	be number one
4.	the consulting firm	d.	a different list
5.	the best place	e.	opportunities
6.	very proud to	f.	the world happy
7.	This has made the	g.	answer questions
8.	make their clients around	h.	company grow

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

A report (1) ___________________ 25 companies in the USA to work for. It asked employees (2) ___________________. Top of the list was Google. It is famous for (3) ___________________. Facebook was top last year. A Google (4) ___________________ an average of $119,000 a year. Google has free gyms for staff and a pet hotel for when (5) ___________________. One ex-employee said Google staff are (6) ___________________ rarely take time off.

Another survey (7) ___________________. The careers website Glassdoor also asked employees (8) ___________________ about happiness, (9) ___________________, and pay, etc. It said the consulting firm Bain and Company was the best place to work. Bain and Co. was very (10) ___________________ one. It has tried to make a professional (11) ___________________ for over 40 years. This has made the company grow. Employees want to (12) ___________________ around the world happy.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Areporthaslistedthebest25companiesintheUSAtoworkfor.Itasked
employeesabouttheirhappiness.TopofthelistwasGoogle.Itisfamou
sforexcellentworkingconditions.Facebookwastoplastyear.AGoogl
esoftwareengineergetsanaverageof$119,000ayear.Googlehasfre
egymsforstaffandapethotelforwhenstaffgoonvacation.Oneex-
employeesaidGooglestaffaresohappythattheyrarelytaketimeoff.A
nothersurveyhasadifferentlist.ThecareerswebsiteGlassdooralsoa
skedemployeestoanswerquestionsabouthappiness,careeropport
unities,andpay,etc.ItsaidtheconsultingfirmBainandCompanywast
hebestplacetowork.BainandCo.wasveryproudtobenumberone.Ith
astriedtomakeaprofessionalworkexperienceforover40years.Thish
asmadethecompanygrow.Employeeswanttomaketheirclientsarou
ndtheworldhappy.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about working conditions for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Answers

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