At work vocabulary with meaning and sentences

1 Commute

Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.

You can as your friend at work this way

1 How was your commute today?

2 What is your daily commute at work?


2 ShiftsShift where you are working at like it could be morning shifts or evening shift at such places usually offices are working 24 hrs 

You can as your friend at work this way

1 What shift are you working tomorrow?

3 Work Remotely
Situation in which an employee works mainly from home and communicates with the company by email and telephone.
Your Boss at work can ask
1 Why do you want to work remotely?

2 Will you be able self-manage? working remotely

4 Laid off
If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job.
it has nothing to do with the employee's personal performance
Your Boss at work can say (God forbid)
1. Three people were laid off from work.


5 Go to work vs Get off work

When you want to ask your friend when he starts his work at his job for the day.

you can say

1.What time do you go to work?

2.When you want to ask your friend when he stops his work at his job for the day. you can say
What time do you get off work?