To promote, to move someone up in an organization, usually he has done a good job. We are going to promote her to manager. If we don’t promote him, he will probably be upset. The opposite of promote is demote. We shouldn’t promote anyone unless they really deserve it, which means they have to prove themselves.
To transfer, to move someone or something from one place to another. The company was going to transfer him to Shanghai next month. She doesn’t want to be transferred because her husband is against moving to another city. He likes working for us, but he wants to be transferred to a different place within the company.
To motivate, to get someone interested and excited about doing something. She’s really good at motivating her employees. One way to motivate someone is to encourage them by giving them constructive feedback. He’s no fool, so giving him an award without an increase in salary won’t motivate him.
To postpone, to delay or put off something until a later date. We had to postpone the presentation because she wasn’t ready to give it. We can’t continue to postpone the meeting where they would cancel it completely. We can’t postpone launching the product, so everyone will have to work harder to meet the deadline.
To evade, to escape or avoid something. They are trying to evade taking responsibility for their failure. He was arrested for tax evasion. They designed the airplane to evade detection by radar.
To assign, to give someone a text to do. His boss assigned him to increase sales by 15%. Her company assigned her to find out more about the competition. His department was the one which was assigned to complete the project, so our department wasn’t involved.
To penalize, to fine or punish someone for doing something wrong. They were penalized for breaking the rules. You will be penalized for fewer late. They were all penalized, so they had to work even harder to complete the project on time.
To lay off, to fire or sack a worker because business is bad. The company was failing so he was laid off. Our company had to lay off 50% of the employees. A company may have to lay off workers when business was bad. He was doing a good job, but the company had to lay him off because they were losing money.
To recruit, to look for new employees to hire. They are expanding their business and recruiting new employees. She joined to company after she was recruited at a job fair. He left his job because he was recruited by another company and offered a much higher salary.
To resign, to voluntarily to quit one’s job. His boss doesn’t like him, so he was asked to resigned. She resigned from her job because of the health reasons. She has decided to resign because she wants to spend more time with her family. It wouldn’t hurt to be a little less formal and to smile once in a while.
