Chapter 8 - Beginning a New Job

A meeting with your supervisor to evaluate how well you're doing in your job

• probation

• hourly wages

• salary

• performance review

A senior co-worker who coaches a new employee in jobs skills and procedures

• salary

• performance review

• commission

• mentor

A fixed amount of pay for each hour worked

• hourly wages

• salary

• commission

• overtime

Extra pay for working more than 40 hours a week

• hourly wages

• salary

• overtime

• commission

A fixed amount of pay for a year or month

• hourly wages

• salary

• commission

• overtime

Earnings based on how much an employee sells

• hourly wages

• salary

• commission

• overtime

A program that builds a retirement fund for each worker.

• probation

• performance review

• pension plan

• none of the above

A trial period after an employee is first hired

• probation

• performance review

• mentor

• pension plan

A program to introduce employees to a company's policies, procedures, values, and benefits is called:

• a performance review

• profit-sharing

• orientation

• company culture

A worker who is covered by a law requiring they be paid overtime is a(n):

• exempt employee

• nonexempt employee

• temporary employee

• commission worker