dear colleagues

[weetabix]

in a letter sent by a company's Human resource Manager to all the members of staff to invite them to a meeting, how would you start the letter?
Dear colleagues?
Dear Sir or Madam
dear members of staff
dear associates
dear employees ????

(those are all the answers I found in letters written by students)

thank you for your help!

 

[Nunty]

Hi Weetabix.

We cannot correct the students' answers for you. Please tell us which term you are thinking of using and why.

Thanks,
Nun-Translator
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[weetabix]

personally, I wouls simply use Dear Sir or Madam. But i was wondering If it would bepossible to use "dear colleagues".
I would not use the other 3

 

[marget]

personally, I wouls simply use Dear Sir or Madam. But i was wondering If it would bepossible to use "dear colleagues".
I would not use the other 3

I can't imagine "Dear Sir or Madam" used to address members of one's own company. I would prefer "Dear Colleagues", which sounds a bit formal, or "Dear Fellow Employees". "Greetings" might work.

 

[weetabix]

ok thank you marget