职工 zhígōng employee
employee; staff member; worker
How to remember 职工: 职 duty + 工 work = employee.
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How it is used
- Staff and workers of an organization taken collectively - 全体职工 (quántǐ zhígōng) all the staff; institutional register.
- Older/官方 flavor common in state enterprises and unions; corporate HR today more often says 员工 (yuángōng).
- A mass term for the workforce, not a word you'd use for a single named person.