FTE
Americanabbreviation
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full-time employee; full-time employment.
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full time equivalent: the calculated proportion of work for any employee or position expressed as a percentage of the number of hours standard for an equivalent full-time job.
I only work 10 hours a week, so I’m .25 FTE.
Example Sentences
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That means, for example, that if you had two GPs contracted to work half the week each that would count as one FTE GP.
From BBC • May 9, 2023
Team, Today, it was announced that all US-based TEA and contingent QA workers will be converted to FTE.
From The Verge • Apr. 7, 2022
FTE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2021
Only one other Regents university - Pittsburg State - saw a decrease in FTE enrollment.
From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2018
FTE hours are units of measure that help a company chronicle all of the work it is paying for.
From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 1, 2018
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