employee

[em-ploi-ee, em-ploi-ee] / ɛmˈplɔɪ i, ˌɛm plɔɪˈi /

NOUN

person being paid for working for another or a corporation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agent attendant clerk laborer member operator representative staff member worker

STRONG

apprentice assistant breadwinner cog domestic hand help hireling jobholder plug salesperson servant

WEAK

blue collar company person craftsperson desk jockey hired gun hired hand sales help wage earner white collar working stiff

Antonyms

STRONG

check hindrance master obstruction

Example Sentences

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CBS News lost about 100 employees in October as part of a massive round of cuts enacted at Paramount after the company was acquired by Skydance Media.

From Los Angeles Times

While companies say they protect your data, any information that’s collected has the potential to be stolen or misused by an employee or third party, Schwartz says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The task for the Snug & Dry revamp fell to a group of K-Cers—as company employees call themselves—at a research facility in Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dell Technologies gains as Super Micro comes under fire for its employees’ involvement in an alleged chip smuggling plot.

From Barron's

Super Micro immediately tried to distance itself from the two employees and one contractor indicted by the U.S. government.

From MarketWatch

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