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2007.03.13(Review of 2001.01.25 edition)
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EMPLOYEE vs. STAFF 従業員 vs.(集合的に)職員、社員
- An employee is someone who works for a person or organization and is paid for that work.
A staff is the group of people who work for a person or organization.
Be Careful! The word staff is used to talk about a GROUP. We do NOT call one person “a staff”. Rather, we call him/her “a member of the staff” or “an employee”. - employee は、人や組織のために働いて、その仕事の対価として給料をもらう人、つまり、従業員のことです。
staff は、人や組織のために働く人を集合的に表す言葉です。
注意:staff は、集団をさします。ひとりの人のことはa staffとは言わず、a member of the staff、あるいは、an employee と言います。
- a: How many people work for your company?
b: We have about 200 employees now. - (two women from different companies)
a: We met with one of your employees the other day.
b: Yes, that was Tim Perkins, our director of marketing. - I've been an employee here for over thirty years. I've never worked anywhere else.
- We've increased the size of our office staff recently. We hired three new employees last month.
- I'm impressed by your staff. They all seem to do their jobs extremely well.
- This is Charles Brown, the newest member of our teaching staff.
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