How to Use employee in a Sentence

employee

noun
  • A good boss listens to his employees.
  • The company has more than 2,000 employees worldwide.
  • The date through which the employee will be paid.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • One of them was an employee, records show.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Your wife is not your employee.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Some employees have spent decades here.
    — Erin Jones, CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • An employee used bare hands to make orange juice in the juicer.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
  • An employee was eating grapes in the food prep area.
    — Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The employee had his cell phone in his hand in fear of getting stabbed or hurt.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There are still plenty of employees who earned their pink slip fair and square.
    — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • An employee washed their hands with single use gloves on.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 15, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • Choice for the full-time employee, and in economies where options are scarce.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The employee's name was not shared in the statement.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An employee was eating in the kitchen area.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 15, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • School employees must staff checkpoints and search bags.
    — Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • School employees must staff checkpoints and search bags.
    — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The employee had fallen from a moving golf cart and hit her head.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 June 2024
  • Chelle will be hiring more employees soon.
    — Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The employee owns what’s in the account.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Mattel has laid off hundreds of employees in the past year and a half.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • An employee touched raw dumplings and shumai (steamed dumplings) then placed gloves on their hands.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado june 19, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • None of the three employees still work in the Stars’ front office.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Sometimes a gaslighter at work will focus their abuse on one employee.
    — Madeleine Burry, Health, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The most useful way to approach agents is like new employees.
    — Jim Johnson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Carlos’s work had also dried up; employees were too scared to show up.
    — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Many new employees want to prove themselves by bringing fresh ideas right away.
    — Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Aprons were stored in the employee’s restroom.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 15, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • Deputies said the suspect stole the gold chain right after an employee placed it on his neck.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The father-son duo also has two full-time and one part-time employees.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The employee then coats the bite-size pieces in syrups and other toppings.
    — Jenna Thompson april 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026

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