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- Help with understanding Apostrophe for workers or workers
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
- What is a word for someone who abuses their workers?
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
- compound adjectives - Highly skilled or high-skilled? - English . . .
A Wikipedia article contains skilled, unskilled, semi-skilled, non-skilled and highly-skilled, as well as "Obama Immigration Order to Impact Millions, Includes Provisions for High-Skilled Workers"
- A word for people who work under a manager
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 carry Oxford Dictionaries Online lists this as the meaning of the word and also gives an example Report noun An employee who reports to another employee 'And, I have been a better, more consistent mentor teacher
- single word requests - What is the trade of an electrician called . . .
It is called electrical work (or you could use electrical trade) It is a noun phrase as the adjective electrical modifies the noun work There isn't a single word noun for the trade of an electrician Electricians were originally scientists concerned with electricity but this sense is very rare now Here is a usage from Wikipedia 's "Electrician" article: Many jurisdictions have regulatory
- What is a term for a phenomenon where two people doing the same job are . . .
For example, imagine a worker in a widget factory who is responsible for checking if all the widgets on a conveyor belt are well-made This worker is successful in their job 99% of the time However,
- Is there a word for people who directly report to me in office?
5 There are about 10-12 co-workers who directly report to me in office It's a private company but of very large size They are Junior to me in terms of experience and also are below me in Organisation hierarchy Also I am their manager boss who is responsible for their annual appraisals in company
- What would you call a person who is being replaced by another
In my specific case, I need a single word to call an employee who is being replaced by another due to his her retirement, death, resignation etc Anything like “Replacee” may be suitable
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