jobmate

English

Etymology

From job +‎ -mate.

Noun

jobmate (plural jobmates)

1. a coworker.
   • 2000, The Nation, page 16:

     One key question: Are temps best served by a union of their own or by allying themselves, shop by shop, with their permanent jobmates?

   • 2011, John Mesina, 86 Life Answers: ARIES, Flipside Digital Content Company Inc., →ISBN:

     […] greater cooperation from jobmates, tone down you're fastpaced, competitive Aries style and accent helpfulness, neatness and follow-through.

   • 2013, Susan Sontag, chapter 3, in Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

     The illness flushes out an identity that might have remained hidden from neighbors, jobmates, family, friends.