someone who is paid to work for an organization, especially someone who has a job of low rank:
• A large proportion of the company's employees work outside the UK.
• Managers and employees met several times to discuss our organisation structure.
ˌpublic emˈployee JOBS
someone who works for a local or national government:
• Philadelphia ranked seventh of 11 major cities in terms of the number of public employees per 10,000 citizens.
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employee UK US /ɪmˈplɔɪiː/ noun [C] HR
► someone who is paid to work for someone else: »
The number of employees in the company has trebled over the past decade.
»I discussed my complaint with an employee of the bank.
have/recruit/train employees »We have ten employees and a turnover of around £450,000.
»a government/company/council employee
»a full-time/part-time employee
»a former/new/prospective employee
»a senior/experienced employee
Financial and business terms. 2012.