Master confusing words with ease
Employees vs. Staff
Employees
Examples:
The company picnic was attended by happy employees.All employees must clock in by 9 a.m. daily.Her employees felt valued and motivated due to her leadership.
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Staff
/stɑːf/Examples:
Ten thousand military and civilian workers staffed it.His staff thought so.It implied that the Russian staff officers were educated.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Employees refers to individuals who are hired and paid to work in a particular organization, emphasizing the relationship with the employer.
- Staff is a more collective term that can refer to the entire group of people working together in an organization, often implying a coordinated team effort.
- Think of employees as individual parts contributing to an organization, while staff suggests a more unified body of workers.
- You can count employees (e.g., "five employees"), but staff is often considered as a singular or collective noun (e.g., "a dedicated staff").
- The word employees is typically used to refer to the contractual relationship, whereas staff can suggest a broader sense of membership or function within an organization.
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