employee
noun
em·ploy·ee
im-ˌplȯ(i)-ˈē 
(ˌ)em-;
im-ˈplȯ(i)-ˌē
em-
variants
or less commonly employe
: one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level
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A good boss listens to his employees.
The company has more than 2,000 employees worldwide.
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When The Brand And The Experience Don’t Match One of the fastest ways to detect culture drift is to compare your external brand promise to the day-to-day employee and customer experience.
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Bryant Richardson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
None of the three employees still work in the Stars’ front office.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Bryant Richardson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Nearly 50% of employees say their bosses don’t understand them or their jobs, according to the April 2025 Workplace Perception Gap Survey from HR platform The Predictive Index, which sampled 1,000 workers across different industries, age groups and job levels.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
None of the three employees still work in the Stars’ front office.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
At a time when the federal government has been firing federal employees left and right, the USAJOBS website where vacancies for federal jobs are posted has dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement jobs.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Employee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/employee. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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employee
noun
em·ploy·ee
im-ˌplȯi-ˈē
(ˌ)em-
(ˌ)em-
im-ˈplȯi-ˌē,
em-
: one who works for another for wages or a salary
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