100 Words Every New Employee Should Know

No.	Item	Definition
1.	access	permission to enter or use
2.	agenda	list of meeting topics
3.	approval	official permission or agreement
4.	approve	officially accept or authorize
5.	assistant	person who helps with tasks
6.	attachment	file sent with email
7.	attendance	being present at work
8.	badge	workplace identification card
9.	bcc	hidden copy recipient
10.	benefits	nonwage job advantages
11.	bonus	extra pay reward
12.	break	short rest from work
13.	budget	planned amount of money
14.	calendar	schedule of dates and events
15.	call	telephone or voice meeting
16.	cc	copy recipient on email
17.	chat	short online conversation
18.	commute	travel to and from work
19.	compliance	following rules and policies
20.	contract	binding employment agreement
21.	coworker	person you work with
22.	deadline	final time for completion
23.	deliverable	item promised for completion
24.	department	division within an organization
25.	discrimination	unfair treatment based on identity
26.	document	written or digital file
27.	draft	preliminary version of writing
28.	duties	tasks required by your job
29.	email	electronic mail message
30.	emergency	serious urgent situation
31.	employee	person working for employer
32.	escalate	raise issue to higher level
33.	ethics	moral principles at work
34.	evaluation	formal performance assessment
35.	expense	money spent for work
36.	feedback	responses about your performance
37.	follow-up	later action after contact
38.	goal	desired result to achieve
39.	guideline	recommended way to act
40.	handbook	employee rules and information
41.	harassment	unwanted offensive workplace behavior
42.	headset	headphones with microphone
43.	HR	human resources department
44.	inbox	place received emails appear
45.	incident	unexpected workplace event
46.	intern	trainee gaining work experience
47.	invite	request to attend event
48.	invoice	bill for goods or services
49.	IT	technology support department
50.	leave	approved time away
51.	login	sign in to system
52.	manager	person who supervises work
53.	meeting	gathering for discussion
54.	memo	short internal written message
55.	mentor	experienced guide at work
56.	milestone	important stage in a project
57.	minutes	written meeting record
58.	office	place where business is done
59.	onboarding	process of joining a company
60.	orientation	introductory training for new hires
61.	overtime	work beyond regular hours
62.	performance	how well work is done
63.	policy	official workplace rule
64.	position	job within a company
65.	priority	most important task first
66.	probation	trial employment period
67.	procedure	set way of doing something
68.	productivity	amount of useful work done
69.	project	planned piece of work
70.	punctuality	being on time
71.	quality	standard of excellence
72.	raise	increase in pay
73.	receipt	proof of payment
74.	reimbursement	repayment for work expense
75.	reply	answer a message
76.	report	organized written information
77.	responsibilities	things you are accountable for
78.	revise	change to improve
79.	role	your job function
80.	salary	fixed yearly pay
81.	scanner	device that digitizes documents
82.	schedule	planned work times
83.	shift	set period of work
84.	sick leave	time off for illness
85.	software	computer programs
86.	spreadsheet	grid for data and calculations
87.	supervisor	direct workplace overseer
88.	task	piece of work to do
89.	team	group working together
90.	ticket	record of support request
91.	timesheet	record of hours worked
92.	title	name of your job
93.	training	instruction for job skills
94.	update	bring information current
95.	username	account name for sign-in
96.	vacation	paid time off for rest
97.	vendor	outside seller or supplier
98.	voicemail	recorded phone message
99.	workload	amount of work assigned
100.	workspace	area where you work