Question: How's work?

[Attila]

Hi All,

People asking me very often in the last time: How's work?

Is that a friendly question or simply neutral/informal?

What answer should I give on that question if nothing interesting happened?

- thanks fine
- I can't complain
- it's as usual/always

[Mister Micawber]

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Friendliness or neutrality depends entirely on the speaker's relationship with the listener, and nothing to do with the question itself.

Answer according to how your work really is:

I can't complain.
Same as usual.
Awful!
Not so bad.
Great! I've been put in charge of a project.
I wish I could find another job; this one is boring me to death.
etc.
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber