Talking About Work in Spain
Colloquial Spanish for describing your job, moaning about work over a coffee and deciding to change career.
In Spain people talk about work openly: whether you have a contrato indefinido, whether you're autónomo, whether you got in por enchufe and whether your company does jornada intensiva in summer. Leaving a job is pedir la baja voluntaria. These cards follow small talk at a barbecue, after-work beers with a friend who listens to your complaints, and the phone call when you finally quit.
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¿Y tú a qué te dedicas?
So what do you do?
- 2
Soy analista de datos sénior en una tecnológica.
I'm a senior data analyst at a tech company.
- 3
Trabajo por mi cuenta.
I'm self-employed.
- 4
Tengo contrato indefinido.
I'm on a permanent contract.
- 5
Teletrabajo tres días a la semana.
I work from home three days a week.
- 6
Estoy quemado del todo con este curro.
I'm totally burnt out with this job.
- 7
Estoy hasta arriba de trabajo.
I'm up to my eyes in work.
- 8
Encima, mi jefe me tiene manía.
On top of that, my boss has it in for me.
- 9
Ese entró en la empresa por enchufe.
That guy only got in through connections.
- 10
Estoy echando muchísimas horas.
I'm putting in a crazy number of hours.
- 11
Me prometieron un ascenso y nada.
They promised me a promotion and nothing.
- 12
Me apetece cambiar de aires.
I fancy a change of scene.
- 13
¿Y por qué no das el salto?
So why don't you take the plunge?
- 14
Con la que está cayendo, yo no lo dejaría.
The way things are, I wouldn't quit.
- 15
La semana que viene tengo una entrevista de trabajo.
I've got a job interview next week.
- 16
En verano hacemos jornada intensiva.
In summer we work a shorter day.
- 17
El sueldo no está nada mal.
The salary's not bad at all.
- 18
Te viene genial para el currículum.
It'll look great on your CV.
- 19
Hoy he pedido la baja voluntaria.
Today I handed in my notice.
- 20
Enhorabuena, te lo mereces.
Congratulations, you deserve it.