Pole's employees? (5)
I believe the answer is:
staff
I believe this is a double definition.
'pole's' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'employees?' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
(Other definitions for staff that I've seen before include "Stick - office employees" , "Crew" , "Personnel or wooden pole" , "Hands" , "Employees; sceptre" .)