employees only
Not for customers
A sign or designation restricting access to authorized staff members of a business or organization.
The phrase marks doors, areas, or passages where customers and the general public are not permitted: She walked past the "Employees Only" sign into the back room.
The restriction implies both physical boundaries and liability concerns.
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- restrictedLimited in scope
- authorizedGiven official permission
- personnelWorkers at an organization
- privateRestricted to certain parties
access · badge · doorway · backroom · back of house · workplace · entrance · keycard · sign · prohibited · clearance · backstage · credentials · security · warning · trespass · confidential · need to know
- signsstop sign, sign, signs, road sign, exit
- zonesdanger zone, restricted zone, territory, district, time zone
employees onlyopen to the public
public access · open access · public entrance · come in · general admission
employee, employ, employs, employed, employing, employer, employers, employment, employable