$ perl -e'
use Data::Dumper;

my $data = qq(
Stuff here junk text
<tr><td class=\047menutext\047 align=\047center\047><input typ
employee[1] = new employee_element(15,"Bob","Smith","Human Resources");
employee[2] = new employee_element(03,"Harry","Jones","Coordinato");
employee[3] = new employee_element(23,"Janet","Davies","Development");
employee[4] = new employee_element(95,"James","McAvery","Communications");
more junk text
);

my @employees_my_try = map {
    /^employee\[(\d+)] = new employee_element\((\d+),"([^"]+)","([^"]+)","([^"]+)"\);/
        ? [ $1, $2, $3, $4, $5 ]
        : ()
    } split /\n/, $data;

print Dumper \@employees_my_try;
'
$VAR1 = [
          [
            '1',
            '15',
            'Bob',
            'Smith',
            'Human Resources'
          ],
          [
            '2',
            '03',
            'Harry',
            'Jones',
            'Coordinato'
          ],
          [
            '3',
            '23',
            'Janet',
            'Davies',
            'Development'
          ],
          [
            '4',
            '95',
            'James',
            'McAvery',
            'Communications'
          ]
        ];