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:
- While both terms refer to groups of people working for an organization, employees specifically emphasizes their status as hired and paid workers.
- Staff is often used to refer more broadly to the collective group of people working in an organization, which may include permanent and temporary workers, contractors, or even volunteers.
- The term employees strictly implies a legal relationship, often bound by a contract, whereas staff can imply either formal or informal association with the company.
- Remember that staff doesnt always imply employment, so it can be broader in context where employees' are people you have hired on formal terms.
- Use employees when focusing on individuals rights, contracts, or employment status, and staff' when speaking about the workforce as an entirety.
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