In Canada we have: salespersons who sell you items (we used to have salesmen too), cashiers who just work at the cash register and don't assist you in choosing items, managers, and specialty workers such as butchers, bakers, etc. So there isn't a single word that would cover all persons working in a store. I suppose salesperson might be the most common position.
MSN: Airport disruptions expected as over 300 TSA workers quit amid partial government shutdown
Airport disruptions expected as over 300 TSA workers quit amid partial government shutdown
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of TSA workers have quit, while others have taken time off, as the White House and Democrats stand off over funding ICE.
The man who coined the term knowledge workers differentiated them from manual workers. Management guru Peter Drucker coined the term "knowledge worker." In his 1969 book, The Age of Discontinuity, Drucker differentiates knowledge workers from manual workers and insists that new industries will employ mostly knowledge workers.
In English, there is no single umbrella term systematically used for workers employed by the government (unlike the word "fonctionnaire" in French or the terms "funcionario" and "funcionario público" in Spanish). The various terms that may be used are: public/civil servant, public official, senior/minor [government] official, state employee, government/public worker/employee, functionary. But ...
MSN: She quit her high-paying job after discovering this about her employer: Red flag to watch out for in corporates
She quit her high-paying job after discovering this about her employer: Red flag to watch out for in corporates
Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers forced to work without pay have quit, which is expected to cause disruptions for travelers at airports across the United States. This ...
2 is correct. The democracy is that of multiple workers, so workers is plural. Because of that, the apostrophe applies to the plural form and is therefore after the s. If the democracy was the "property" of a single worker, then it would be that worker's democracy.
3 I have been trying to find a word to describe someone who routinely abuses their workers, and perhaps even more than that, scorns them and sees them as inferior. My first guess was despot but I think that is more routinely used within the context of political leaders. I appreciate any feedback.
For example, "We are struggling to replace workers with a high level of firm-specific knowledge." "Firm-specific knowledge" conveys the idea that the knowledge lost is specific to a particular institution (in this case, the company) rather than more general knowledge.
The resignation didn’t come after months of deliberation. It came quickly, almost abruptly and despite what most would consider a dream offer. A salary twice as large as her previous one. A role that ...
I have been trying to find a word to describe someone who routinely abuses their workers, and perhaps even more than that, scorns them and sees them as inferior.
Was "Seamstress" used as a euphemism for sex workers in real life?