Where do the terms "ER" and "EE" come from?

[Sum_Guy]

I know, dumbest question ever, right?

 

But is it:

1. E[mploye]R & E[mploye]E

or

2. [employ]ER & [employ]EE

 

For 20 years, I had always thought of it as one of the above, but someone else's usage just made realize that the other potential source exists.

[david rigby]

Either one works, but my experience has been (2).

[QDROphile]

Not the dumbest question ever, but maybe this is a prompt for a contest ... .

[ishi]

I always thought 2.

 

[ESOP Guy]

Isn't there a way to do a poll on Benefitslink?  

[ESOP Guy]

I just created the poll version of this thread.  

 

See here

 

 

[RatherBeGolfing]

I have always heard #2, and honestly didnt even consider #1 😄

 

[EBECatty]

2 hours ago, RatherBeGolfing said:

I have always heard #2, and honestly didnt even consider #1 😄

 

Exact opposite here. I had always assumed #1, and honestly hadn't even considered the alternative, which I think makes more sense, until seeing this. 

[hr for me]

always been #2 since the early 90s for me!

[MoJo]

#2 - as those are the letters that differentiate between the two words.   But then again, for efficiency sake (and for the same reason), we could just go with "R" and "E"...

😁

[Bri]

I vote for 2, since often when spoken aloud, they are the stressed syllables.  "Those salary deferrals are technically employ-ER contributions rather than employ-EE contributions."

[BG5150]

On 2/1/2021 at 8:46 AM, RatherBeGolfing said:

I have always heard #2, and honestly didnt even consider #1 😄

 

I was always in between the two:

EmployeR and employEE