desk work
Seated professional labor
Desk work is work done at a desk—administrative tasks, paperwork, computer work, as opposed to physical labor or fieldwork.
The term often carries a slightly dismissive tone, implying sedentary routine: After years of desk work, he missed being out in the field.
Someone with a desk job spends most of their working hours seated.
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- paper shufflingUnproductive clerical activity
- clericalOf office duties
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- filingStoring documents systematically
cubicle · open plan · data entry · hotdesk · pencil pusher · office drone · donkeywork · spreadsheets · scheduling · to-do list · inbox zero · receptionists · correspondence · administration · documentation · organizing · computing · copydesk
- office workfiling, email, emails, typing, filing cabinets
- work taskstasks, meetings, task, reminder, paperwork
- inactivityinactivity, sitting, inactive, idleness, idle
- obesity factorsfast food, junk food, soda, sedentary lifestyle, processed food
physical engagement
desk workmanual labor
Work done bodily
manual work · blue-collar work · heavy lifting · labor · hard labor