employees

People on payroll

Employees are people who work for a person, business, or organization in exchange for wages or salary.

The term implies a formal relationship where the employer directs the work: The company has over 500 employees.

Employees are distinguished from contractors, who work independently.

The singular employee works as both noun and adjective: employee benefits, employee handbook.

workforce

labor

Strenuous effort; also childbirth

headcount · personnel · rank-and-file · blue-collar · hourly · shifts · workweek · overtime · outsourcing · telecommuting

team

colleagues

Professional associates

associates · collaborators · department · unit · division · squad · crew · group · cross-functional · workgroup

hiring

recruitment

Seeking new personnel

inductees · trainees · probationary · orientation · screening · interviews · resumes · references · qualifications · vacancies

HR

payroll

Staff wages collectively

compliance · retention · turnover · evaluation · termination · layoff · resignation · severance · grievance · unionization

corporate

executives

Senior corporate officers

professionals · managers · supervisors · directors · mid-level · senior · junior · full-time · part-time · exempt

Categories
Opposites
employment relationship

employeesemployers

Those who hire staff

bosses · owners · management · proprietors · business owners

work arrangement type

employeesfreelancers

Self-employed contract workers

independent contractors · self-employed · entrepreneurs · consultants · sole proprietors

Phrases
Family

employee, employer, employed, unemployed, employers, underemployed, employee's, self-employed, reemployed

Familiarity
Top 10,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G