shop floor

Example Sentences

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Industrial discipline migrated from shop floor to office desk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Most designers learn their trade as apprentices or at fashion school - but Armani's education took place on the shop floor.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

A spokesperson confirmed a voluntary leave scheme had opened to shop floor and office staff at the Sunderland plant this week.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Many black staff members at London's world-famous Harrods department store would leave the shop floor before Mohamed Al Fayed toured the premises, former employees have told the BBC.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

Down on the shop floor, it was clear that all was not well.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield