employee
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What does employee mean? An employee is someone who gets paid to work for a person or company.Workers don’t need to work full time to be considered employees—they simply need to be paid to work by an employer (the person or business that pays them). The term employee is sometimes used to distinguish contract workers from full employees (who often earn additional benefits), but in this example, both types of workers are considered employees in the general sense.Example: My company has more than 500 employees.
Other Word Forms
- preemployee noun
- proemployee adjective
Etymology
Origin of employee
First recorded in 1825–35; from French employé “employed,” past participle of employer to employ; -ee
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Yet in the U.S., employees do not appear to be telecommuting at greater rates, according to experts and data.
From MarketWatch
The curtailing of perks, from offsites to travel, is happening amid an AI push that employees say seems aimed at squeezing more work out of fewer people.
The company recently announced it’s laying off 65 employees in May, and let go of 89 other workers in January.
From Los Angeles Times
Experts describe “surveillance wages” as a system in which wages are based not on an employee’s performance or seniority, but on formulas that use their personal data, often collected without employees’ knowledge.
From MarketWatch
On LinkedIn, Oracle employees, including software engineers, account executives and program managers, shared publicly that they were affected by a mass layoff at the company and were looking for new jobs.
From Los Angeles Times
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