Collocations for "employee"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "employee" in context.
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employee
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [government, civil service, state] employee
- a [store, bank, company, gym] employee
- [full, part] -time employees
- a [hardworking, loyal, good, knowledgeable] employee
- the right of employees to
- treat their employees [well, poorly]
- the [department, section, second-floor] employees
- [training, initiatives, courses] for employees
- the [business, company, organization] has [200] employees
- is [recruiting, taking on, hiring] [ten] employees
- hiring employees in [sales, marketing, IT, accounting]
- employees to [perform, assume, take on] roles in
- employees are subject to [quarterly, yearly] appraisals
- employees must show [ID, their card] on entry
- employees will be [rewarded, compensated] for
- reward employees for [results, increased sales, greater efficiency]
- encourage full [involvement, participation] from the employees
- attract employees [of a higher caliber, with stronger backgrounds, with a particular profile]
- several employees [protested, argued, disagreed]
- all employees have use of the [gym, restaurant, recreation area]
- employee [surveys, evaluations, appraisals]
- came [in, out] through the employee access
- encourage employee [contributions, suggestions, involvement, participation]
- ensure employee [safety, security] (at all times)
- employee rights
'employee' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- ambitious
- annual
- attendance
- average
- badge
- bill
- binder
- coaching
- committed
- competence
- confidence
- cut
- defeated
- determined
- devoted
- dim
- discharge
- educated
- enthusiastic
- evaluation
- file
- fire
- float
- follow
- full
- gossip
- grievance
- indispensable
- install
- involve
- jeopardy
- model
- nosy
- oblivious
- out
- paid
- part
- pension
- perform
- performing
- promote
- purchasing
- register
- reliability
- reliable
- responsible
- rogue
- sack
- senior