Was ist der Unterschied zwischen 职员 und 员工 ?Du kannst auch einfach Beispielsätze geben.

Both means employees, in daily use, the two are interchangeable.

The subtle difference is:

职员 means an employee with an official role in the company.

员工 is just simply anyone that isn’t the boss, so it just means someone working for the company.


A part-time worker at a convenience store would likely be called a 员工than a 职员

Since there is no hierarchy in the use of 员工, it would be better to call a manager of a company a 职员 to show more respect as there is ambiguity about the exact role the employee has in the company.

Using 员工 just suggest that they are just an employee of a company with no regard of their hierarchy.