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"I work for" sounds like you have a boss at Microsoft, whereas "I work with" sounds as if you work alongside people at Microsoft, but do not ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishGrammar/GramáticaEspañol-Inglés Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Iworkwith/for Threadstarter fan&mag Startdate Nov21,2008 F fan&mag Member BuenosAires Spanish(Argentina) Hello!Isitpossibletosay"IworkwithXXXX(nameofthecompany)"orweshouldsay"IworkforXXXXX(nameofthecompany".Best.   L Lau_85 Member México MexicanSpanish Hi, Ihavereadthefollowingcollocations: Iworkwith(people) Iworkfor(company) Iworkas(profession/job) Iworkin(place) Regards   Grekh SeniorMember León,México Spanish,Mexico Ithinkyoucouldn'tgetabetterexplanationthanLau_85's   F fan&mag Member BuenosAires Spanish(Argentina) Thankyouverymuch!IfinditlikethatinbooksbutwhenworkingforanAmericancompanysomebodysaid"with"andthat´swhyIwasconfused..   E Elintérprete SeniorMember US USEnglish Itdependswhatmessageyouwanttosend.Ifyouwishtosaythatyougetyourpaycheckfromacertaincompany,themostcommonwayintheUnitedStatesistosay"IworkforMicrosoft(orwhatevercompany)." Ifyousay"IworkwithMicrosoft."peopleintheU.S.maywonderwhatkindofrelationshipyouhavewithMicrosoft,doyouonlyworkthere,orisitjustoneofmanyplacesinwhichyouwork."Iworkfor"soundslikeyouhaveabossatMicrosoft,whereas"Iworkwith"soundsasifyouworkalongsidepeopleatMicrosoft,butdonotreporttoanyone."Iworkwith"canmeanthesamethingas"Iworkfor"butitcanbeslightlyambiguous.Bysayingthatyou"workwith"acompany,itsounds,inmyopinion,likeyoudon'tputinthatmanyhoursthere,ormaybetheydon'tevenpayyou. IworkforMicrosoft.