In many EU jurisdictions being employed means you owe the employer the willingness to accomplish a result not the actual result. Germany is known that once you

In many EU jurisdictions being employed means you owe the employer the willingness to accomplish a result not the actual result. Germany is known that once you are in an active work relationship its difficult to get fired. So yes, there is a difference as it is generally frowned upon these days to call people a resource which implies an interchangeable unit of work force.