support staff

Definitions

Personnel who provide administrative, technical, or logistical assistance to the primary staff of an organization.

Employees whose roles are essential to the daily operations and maintenance of a business but who do not directly produce its core products or services.

Examples

The hospital's support staff worked tirelessly to ensure that all patients received the care they needed.

Our company is hiring additional support staff to help manage the increasing volume of customer inquiries.

The event was a success thanks to the dedicated support staff who handled all the logistics behind the scenes.

Synonyms

administrative staff auxiliary personnel support team back-office staff assistants aides operational support

Antonyms

management leadership executives directors principals supervisors decision-makers