English Vocabulary for ESL learners 

WORK FOR (+ the name of the company or organisation where you are employed.)
You are paid by the company, firm or organisation to do a specific job, not necessarily in their offices. You can work for a company from home.
• "I work for the government."
• "Linda works for XYZ airline company."
• "I've been working for IBM for the past year.
  
  

WORK AS (+ the name of your profession or trade (carpenter, waitress, teacher, lawyer ...)
• “I work as a software developer for Microsoft.
• “I work as an interpreter for a Japanese company.”
• “I work as a representative for ABC office supplies.
• “I work as a consultant for two different companies.”
  
  

WORK IN (  + a geographical place, a sector or field, or a general type of place such as a shop.
• “I work  in Zurich in a pharmaceutical laboratory.
• “I work in the IT industry. I develop programs.”
• "I work in a shop, a cafeteria, a laboratory, a supermarket..."
  
  

WORK AT (with 'the' + the actual building or the specific place where you work.)
• “I work at the head offices of ABC Electric in London.”
• “I work at the mill/ the shoe factory/ the post office.”
• “I work at the central train station.
  
  

Sometimes people use AT + the name of a company or firm (“I work AT XYZ”) meaning ‘AT the offices/the headquarters of’ XYZ …

Work and employment vocabulary 

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