1) Employees learning the ropes 2) Entry-level workers 3) Green workers 4) Learners, of a sort 5) New employees, often 6) Newbies 7) Ones learning the ropes 8) Recent hires 9) Some new employees 10) Subminimum wage earners 11) Whom mentors mentor 1) Interns 2) Learners 3) Tyros