Steal an Employee Employees: Named Roster, Shown Rates, and Acquisition Context

In Steal an Employee, every worker you can grab has a name, and the game's index tracks exactly which ones you've collected. The roster below gathers the 22 named employees seen in observed play, filling in each attribute — income rate, quality label, aura, source company — only where the game displayed it. A blank attribute was never shown, not zero. Treat this as a play-observed roster rather than the game's official full list: the in-game index is the authoritative tracker, and a few spellings below may not match the game's exact naming.

Named employees observed in Steal an Employee

Comparison

Comparison

Employee	What The Game Showed	How It Was Obtained
Dana	“Make us $36 per minute” — the early-rate time unit is disputed (see rates below)	First employee stolen in that playthrough
Javier	Nothing shown	Acquired mid-playthrough
Dmitri Zavgorodny (also heard as “Dimitri”)	Nothing shown	Stolen from Nova Corp
Owen Mac	None — named only as an index entry not yet owned (“we don’t have Owen Mac”)	Seen during an index check
Anya Rayo	Described as “sparkling”; about 18 seconds of training	Stolen from another player’s base
Miles	“A rookie job”	Hired early from the street
Greta	$87 per second; first-floor hires described as rookie	Hired early
Mina	Nothing stated	Hired early
Hugo	Nothing stated; first-floor rookie context	Hired early
Ellis	No stats shown	Stolen from another player
Tilda	No stats shown; “Tilda” is also another player’s name in the same playthrough	Stolen from another player
Rosa	“Skilled” training label	Stolen from another player
Silus Robin	$850 shown at training completion	Hired
Ruby	No attributes shown	Hired, then sold
Ria Valdez	No stats shown; a “two grand per second” quote immediately follows this theft, but its attribution is ambiguous	Stolen as the last remaining employee
Neil	Described as “just a normal employee”	Stolen
“Sir”	Name likely garbled in the narration	Acquired during the bank visit
Claraara	Described as “on fire”; spelling likely garbled	Stolen during the bank visit
Dr. Hail	“Expert” training label; roughly 1.5k per the narration	Hired from Helios Orbital Systems
Marcus	20 grand rate	Hired from Gavl and Gold (gold dealers)
Vern Castillo	Golden aura; no stats — never acquired	Seen at an aura-bearing company
Jin	400k per second; robot character	Hired from Axiom Robotics

How employees are stolen, trained, and hired

Roadmap

1. 1

   Steal a worker

   Approach a worker and hold E — an arrow points at the nearest worker you can grab. The game confirms the poach, and the former boss reacts angrily.

   • Check the speed gate first: one theft recommended 10,000 speed, and a higher company required 270k speed.
   • Expect losses — faster targets can outrun a too-slow thief, and other players can steal workers back.
2. 2

   Place and train

   Set the worker down and wait for training to complete. Training time scales with the employee — one late-game hire took 7 minutes.

   • Training can be skipped with Robux (one skip cost nine Robux).
3. 3

   Hired and earning

   When training completes, the employee is hired and starts producing money at the revealed rate.

4. 4

   Recheck availability

   Offices are closed at night and they send everyone home, and new employees arrive on a cycle — as one line puts it, “more employees are going to come in two days,” with the day rolling over on a timer.

Companies and locations employees come from

Employees are drawn from progressively higher-tier companies, listed here roughly in the order the observed playthroughs unlocked them:

Tips

Starter offices and street workers

The earliest hires. Early street hires can be rookie jobs — Miles was picked up off the street as “a rookie job.”

Construction site

Asked about directly (“What about the construction people?”); the workers there were described as all having auras.

WinCorp

Mentioned only in a garbled line (“Excel to WinCorp”); its role in the progression is unclear.

Nova Corp Global Trade

A named steal target (“You can steal from the Nova Corp Global Trade”) — Dmitri Zavgorodny was taken here.

Helios Orbital Systems

Described as the NASA-tier office; Dr. Hail was hired here.

The bank

“Look at these dudes working at a bank” — two of the roster’s employees came from the bank visit.

Gavl and Gold

Gold dealers; Marcus, at a 20 grand rate, was hired here.

Crypto Bros

A named stop in the observed progression.

Victorian Labs

Hazmat-suited workers, referenced alongside a 120 mil requirement (“120 mil for the Victorian labs”).

Axiom Robotics

Robot employees, gated behind clearance — “three names at the back door opens.” Jin, at 400k per second, was hired here.

Income rates and quality labels the game showed

A quality label and income rate appear when an employee finishes training or is hired. Only the following values were exposed in observed play:

Data table

Employee / Hire

Dana

Value Or Label Shown

$36 per minute as narrated — the same early rate is heard as “per second” elsewhere, so the early-rate unit is currently inconsistent; check what your own first hire displays

Employee / Hire

An observed session’s first hire

Value Or Label Shown

36 bucks per second

Employee / Hire

Greta

Value Or Label Shown

$87 per second; rookie context

Employee / Hire

Rosa

Value Or Label Shown

“Skilled” training label

Employee / Hire

One of the Tilda/Ellis/Rosa hires

Value Or Label Shown

400 bucks per second

Employee / Hire

Silus Robin

Value Or Label Shown

$850 at training completion

Employee / Hire

The hire right after Ria Valdez’s theft

Value Or Label Shown

Two grand per second (attribution ambiguous — quoted immediately after the theft)

Employee / Hire

Dr. Hail

Value Or Label Shown

“Expert” label; about 1.5k per the narration

Employee / Hire

Marcus

Value Or Label Shown

20 grand

Employee / Hire

Jin

Value Or Label Shown

400k per second

Data table

Employee / Hire	Value Or Label Shown
Dana	$36 per minute as narrated — the same early rate is heard as “per second” elsewhere, so the early-rate unit is currently inconsistent; check what your own first hire displays
An observed session’s first hire	36 bucks per second
Greta	$87 per second; rookie context
Rosa	“Skilled” training label
One of the Tilda/Ellis/Rosa hires	400 bucks per second
Silus Robin	$850 at training completion
The hire right after Ria Valdez’s theft	Two grand per second (attribution ambiguous — quoted immediately after the theft)
Dr. Hail	“Expert” label; about 1.5k per the narration
Marcus	20 grand
Jin	400k per second

The quality labels heard across play are rookie (“Everybody here is a rookie, which is a shame”), skilled, pro (“Ooh, the pro”), expert, and elite (“The only one we’re still missing is this elite one”). Nothing shown explains how a label or rate is determined. Note the boundary: these are training-quality outcomes and displayed rates — no official rarity-tier label (Common, Rare, Legendary, and so on) is documented for any named employee, so compare employees by the labels and rates the game actually displays in your index.

Aura and effect markers

Golden auras, sparkles, and fire effects show up on employees, but none of these markers has a documented mechanical meaning — the narrators only speculate. Avoid these over-reads:

Mistakes to avoid

Problem

Treating Vern Castillo’s golden aura as proof of a top employee

Fix

Only the aura is documented — he was never acquired and has no shown stats. The narrator’s prediction about him cuts off mid-sentence; it’s speculation.

Problem

Assuming the purple aura on an unnamed worker means rarity or high income

Fix

What a purple aura maps to is not documented anywhere in the observed play.

Problem

Reading Claraara’s “on fire” effect as a stat boost

Fix

The narration only uses it as a reason to grab him next; no mechanical effect is shown.

Problem

Assuming a sparkling employee is guaranteed valuable

Fix

Anya Rayo sparkled, the narrator predicted a poor result from her roughly 18-second training, and that’s what happened — a marker does not guarantee a high-value hire.

Problem

Expecting all construction-site auras to mean the same thing

Fix

Workers there were described collectively (“they all got auras on them”), but no meaning was given for any of them.

Mistakes to avoid

Problem	Fix
Treating Vern Castillo’s golden aura as proof of a top employee	Only the aura is documented — he was never acquired and has no shown stats. The narrator’s prediction about him cuts off mid-sentence; it’s speculation.
Assuming the purple aura on an unnamed worker means rarity or high income	What a purple aura maps to is not documented anywhere in the observed play.
Reading Claraara’s “on fire” effect as a stat boost	The narration only uses it as a reason to grab him next; no mechanical effect is shown.
Assuming a sparkling employee is guaranteed valuable	Anya Rayo sparkled, the narrator predicted a poor result from her roughly 18-second training, and that’s what happened — a marker does not guarantee a high-value hire.
Expecting all construction-site auras to mean the same thing	Workers there were described collectively (“they all got auras on them”), but no meaning was given for any of them.

Index tracking and roster management

The index is how the game identifies and tracks your collection — and it defines what you can and can’t do with an employee once hired:

Failure reasons

Problem

Chasing a worker you already own

Fix

The game blocks it — “I already own this one.” Check your index first; each new index entry grants bonuses such as more money and more speed.

Problem

Trying to upgrade an employee after hiring

Fix

You can’t upgrade employees. Progression comes from replacing weaker hires with better ones.

Problem

Holding onto a hire you no longer want

Fix

Employees can be fired or sold — the narration shows both (“somebody here is going to get fired. You. Goodbye.” and “you’re getting sold”). Ruby was hired and then sold.

Problem

Looking for a rebirth system

Fix

There isn’t one — “Is there a rebirthing in this game? No, there’s no rebirthing.”

Problem

Losing track of which employees you’re still missing

Fix

Open the index (“Let’s see who we don’t have yet”) — one playthrough using it noted it had “found like most of the employees.”

Failure reasons

Problem	Fix
Chasing a worker you already own	The game blocks it — “I already own this one.” Check your index first; each new index entry grants bonuses such as more money and more speed.
Trying to upgrade an employee after hiring	You can’t upgrade employees. Progression comes from replacing weaker hires with better ones.
Holding onto a hire you no longer want	Employees can be fired or sold — the narration shows both (“somebody here is going to get fired. You. Goodbye.” and “you’re getting sold”). Ruby was hired and then sold.
Looking for a rebirth system	There isn’t one — “Is there a rebirthing in this game? No, there’s no rebirthing.”
Losing track of which employees you’re still missing	Open the index (“Let’s see who we don’t have yet”) — one playthrough using it noted it had “found like most of the employees.”

Gaps to confirm in-game

• Roster completeness: this list is play-observed, not the official catalogue. Updates can add, rename, or remove employees, so recheck each entry against your in-game index after every update and drop any name you can no longer see.
• Undocumented attributes: Owen Mac (named only as an unowned index entry) and Vern Castillo (name plus golden aura) have no stats at all. Javier, Mina, Ellis, Ruby, and “Sir” never had a rate or label displayed either; Hugo and Neil carry only contextual descriptions (first-floor rookie, “just a normal employee”).
• Uncertain spellings: “Sir,” “Claraara,” “Tilda,” and “Dmitri Zavgorodny” (also heard as “Dimitri”) may be garbled — confirm the exact spelling in your index before treating it as canonical.
• Tilda’s entry: the name appears both as another player’s name and as an acquired employee in the same playthrough, so that employee entry — and any stat attached to it — is uncertain.
• Early-rate unit: the $36 starting figure is heard as “per minute” and as “per second”; the values are currently inconsistent, so check the unit your own first hires display.
• Rarity: only training-quality labels (rookie through elite) and visual markers are shown in play — no official rarity tiers attach to named employees.

The fastest next step is in-game: open your index, compare the names and shown values above against your own entries, and note anything that displays differently — that's the information this roster is built from.