burger flipper

Fast-food cook

A burger flipper is someone who cooks fast food, especially at a grill.

The term is mildly disparaging, implying low-skill, low-wage work: I didn't go to college to end up as a burger flipper.

It often appears in arguments about minimum wage or as shorthand for dead-end employment.

Related

apron · paper hat · greasy spoon · patties · kitchen · back of house · grilling · fast food · entry-level · restaurant · food service · minimum wage · dead end job · first job · diner · line cook · fast-food restaurant · food truck

Categories
Opposites
culinary skill and status

burger flipperexecutive chef

Senior kitchen authority

master chef · head chef · chef · gourmet chef · celebrity chef

occupational prestige and compensation

burger flipperCEO

Top corporate officer

brain surgeon · executive · surgeon · corporate lawyer · investment banker

job complexity and autonomy

burger flipperknowledge worker

Employee trading in expertise

creative director · entrepreneur · master craftsman · artisan · specialist

Family

burger, flipper, burgers, flip, flips, flipped, flipping, hamburger, hamburgers

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G