The phrase "associates started" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the initiation or commencement of activities or projects by associates in a professional context.
Example: "The associates started working on the new marketing strategy last week."
Alternatives: "team members began" or "staff initiated".
But some of Mr. Nieporent's associates started to feel he was overextended.
In the late '90s, young associates started leaving the firm, particularly for careers in start-up technology.
The intense fire at Washburn & Doughty Associates started around 9 30 a.m., and the 50,000-square-foot building was rocked by a series of explosions as flames ripped through it.
He was by Mr. Weill's side from the early days in Baltimore in the mid-1980s, when the two men and a circle of other associates started to build the conglomerate that is today's Citigroup by turning around an obscure consumer finance company called Commercial Credit.
Network Associates started out as McAfee in 1989, distributing a shareware program that scanned for viruses.
Some of the Hill's associates started grabbing headlines in the early 1960s.
With but hours left, he and his associates start picking off the treasured 50.
He offers Brown a simple proposition: keep me alive and I won't tell your old bosses where you are; let me die (or kill me) and my associates start making phone calls.
Amazon.co.uk says on its website that: "In the UK, permanent associates start on an average of £7.39 per hour and earn up to £8.90 per hour after 24 months".
Amazon says on its website that "in the UK, permanent associates start on an average of £7.39 per hour and earn up to £8.90 per hour after 24 months", while "seasonal associates … earn a minimum of £6.70 per hour in their first 12 weeks".
In September, Amazon announced the creation of 700 new permanent jobs at its fulfilment centres, saying that "all permanent Amazon associates start on £7.20 an hour or above", with the rate increasing "by at least 11percentt over their first two years of employment, by which time all employees earn £8 an hour and above".
