The Department Object

A department is an organizational unit within a company. Employees can be assigned to a department, and you can filter employees by department_id.

Returned by

Endpoint	Shape
`GET /departments`	List of departments
`GET /departments/:department_id`	Single department

The department object also appears as a nested object within the employee object.

Field	Type	Description
`department_id`	integer	Unique department identifier.
`name`	string	Department name.

{
  "department_id": 5,
  "name": "Engineering"
}