- employee
- nounADJECTIVE▪ paid, salaried▪ full-time, part-time▪
We have around 100 full-time employees.
▪ hourly (= paid per hour of work) (AmE)▪ permanent▪ seasonal (AmE), temporary▪ retired▪ entry-level (AmE), junior, low-level (esp. AmE)▪ senior▪ graduate▪ key▪ front-line (esp. AmE)▪ rank-and-file (AmE)▪ long-serving (BrE), long-time (AmE), loyal▪ dedicated, hard-working▪ potential, prospective▪ new▪ former▪ fellow▪ female, male▪ manual▪ skilled, unskilled▪ blue-collar, white-collar▪ non-union, union, unionized (all esp. AmE)▪ at-will (= a worker who does not have a lot of legal rights) (AmE)▪ civilian▪a civilian employee of the Army
▪ city (esp. AmE), council (BrE), federal, government, municipal (esp. AmE), public, public-sector, state▪ airline (esp. AmE), bank, factory, hotel, postal (esp. AmE), store (esp. AmE), etc.▪ disgruntled▪a disgruntled employee seeking revenge
▪ valuableVERB + EMPLOYEE▪ employ, have▪The company has only 60 employees.
▪ hire (esp. AmE), recruit▪the company's battle to recruit and retain employees
▪ dismiss, fire, lay off, make redundant (BrE), sack (esp. BrE), terminate (esp. AmE)▪a fair reason for dismissing an employee
▪The company made hundreds of employees redundant.
▪ evaluate, screen▪ attract▪The company has worked to attract older employees.
▪ retain▪ manage▪ motivate▪ educate, train▪ compensate (esp. AmE), reward▪ payEMPLOYEE + VERB▪ join sth, participate in sth▪ work▪employees who work more than 20 hours per week
▪ perform (sth)▪employees who can perform comfortably in a highly diverse work environment
▪ leave, quit (esp. AmE)▪Why do my employees keep quitting?
▪ retire▪ earn sth, get sth, receive sth▪ complain (about sth)▪ sue (sb)▪an employee who sued for unpaid overtime
EMPLOYEE + NOUN▪ benefits▪In addition to a competitive salary, the company offers attractive employee benefits.
▪ status (esp. BrE)▪Freelance workers do not enjoy the benefits of employee status.
▪ relations▪ retention, turnover (both esp. AmE)▪ morale, satisfaction (both esp. AmE)▪ performance, productivity (both esp. AmE)▪ development, training▪ incentive (esp. AmE)▪ handbook (esp. AmE)▪ base (esp. AmE)▪Maintaining a diverse employee base requires ongoing commitment.
▪ salaries▪ pension (esp. AmE)▪The value of state employee pension plans has plunged over the past three years.
▪ discount (esp. AmE)▪ theft (AmE)▪The retail industry loses $13 billion annually to employee theft.
▪ involvement, participation
Collocations dictionary. 2013.