desk jobs
Sedentary career paths
Desk jobs are occupations performed primarily while seated at a desk, typically in an office setting.
The term often carries connotations of sedentary, white-collar work—paperwork, computer tasks, administrative duties—as opposed to physical labor or fieldwork: After years of construction, he took a desk job.
Sometimes used dismissively to suggest cushy or unchallenging work.
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- officeProfessional work location
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- computerElectronic calculating device
clerical · paper pusher · indoors · cubicle · fluorescent lights · white-collar · dress code · chair · carpal tunnel · water cooler · coffee break · monotony · data entry · payroll processing · telecommuting · office politics · routine · remote work
- office lifecubicle, nine-to-five, nine to five, daily grind, office culture
- aging workforceaging workforce, older workers, mature workers, baby boomers, senior staff
- office workersreceptionist, office workers, office clerk, accountant, administrator
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
- bureaucracy in filmred tape, paperwork, civil servants, government officials, agencies
- obesity factorsfast food, junk food, soda, sedentary lifestyle, processed food
desk jobsmanual labor
Work done bodily
blue-collar work · factory work · hard labor · farm work · heavy lifting
desk jobsfieldwork
Research conducted on location
road work · mobile work · construction sites · forestry · fishing
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