They and their colleagues could use the wake-up call.
Male friends or close colleagues among each other may use simply Gruß.
In this case, the colleagues used to be teammates, even countrymen.
For example, 75 percent of those surveyed said their colleagues used the "reply all" function far too often.
His colleagues use the situation to settle some old scores.
My son and his colleagues use the Internet to send messages home and read the news.
My Cuban colleague didn't use that word, but that's what it sounded like.
My colleagues can use my speaking time if they really want to.
Some colleague would have used it against him along the way and wrecked his career for fair.
Some former colleagues who were musicians used to talk about it, as I recall.