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  1. Employee vs Employe Which Is More Correct/Common

    Employe is a rare dated alternative spelling of the more common employee (AHD) Ngram: an employe. Ngram: an employee vs an employe From French employé. Employe (plural employes). 1920, …

  2. A word for people who work under a manager

    Oct 6, 2015 · Where I used to work, we called the people who reported to a manager his/her reports. This word does not have any of the negative connotations words like subordinates or underlings …

  3. What is the proper usage of the phrase "due diligence"?

    A lawyer referring to the process of investigating a potential merger/investment might say: We need to perform due diligence. There is also business buzzword of "due diligence", derived from the legal …

  4. etymology - How and when did 'performant' enter common usage in …

    Feb 12, 2025 · Performant: From perform +‎ -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, and adjectives from verbs with the senses of ‘doing (the action of the verb’)), possibly modelled after informant. …

  5. grammar - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    I want to add the following statement in an email: This is being written to confirm that Mr. XYZ has been employed in our organization from September 2013 till date. The "till date" part sounds

  6. When using "HR" for Human Resources, should "a" or "an" be used in ...

    IS HR an acronym? Should "a" or "an" be used in front of it in a sentence, such as: Do you have an HR question?

  7. Is the term "low-level employee" considered to be derogatory?

    Jun 19, 2016 · I recently saw a TV show where an executive referred to an assistant as a low-level employee. Is it considered appropriate or derogatory?

  8. Associates vs employees - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 13, 2014 · I've noted that some US companies call people working for them "associates," rather than "employees." (I've seen that term in less-than-stellar retail and fast-food chains) What would be …

  9. "Fall", "fell", "felled" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 16, 2012 · How is the causative form of fall used in English? In the present tense, often enough, A tree falls in the woods, but a logger falls trees as well. but in the past tense, A tree fell in the woo...

  10. Why does to "take a powder" mean to run away or to leave?

    Mar 11, 2014 · The phrase take a powder meaning to "scram, vanish," is probably from the 20's; it was a common phrase as a doctor's instruction, so perhaps from the notion of taking a laxative medicine or …