office staff
Noun 1. The group of people employed to work in an office: This refers to the collective body of employees whose work is primarily administrative, clerical, or professional and is performed within an office environment. It typically includes roles such as administrators, secretaries, receptionists, accountants, and managers who support the core operations of a business or organization.
The term "office staff" is used as a singular collective noun to refer to all the employees in an office as a single unit. It emphasizes their shared workplace and function. * Subject: The office staff is attending a mandatory training session. * Object: The manager thanked the office staff for their hard work. * With a possessive: The office staff's morale improved after the renovation.
- "The whole office staff": This phrase emphasizes the entirety of the group without exception.
- The whole office staff contributed to the charity drive.
- Staff (n.): A more general term for all the people employed by an organization. "Office staff" is a specific type of staff.
- Administrative staff (n.): A subset of office staff focused on clerical and support duties.
- Clerical staff (n.): Staff engaged in routine tasks such as filing, typing, and record-keeping.
- Support staff (n.): A broad term for employees who provide operational support to the primary activities of an organization.
- Office workers
- Administrative personnel
- Clerical workforce
- Support personnel
- Field staff (employees who work outside the main office, e.g., sales representatives, technicians)
- Production staff (employees involved in manufacturing or core product creation)
- Remote workers (employees who do not work in a central office)
- professional or clerical workers in an office
- the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard