nine-to-fivers
Regular business hours
Nine-to-fivers are people who work conventional office hours, typically 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The term often carries a hint of routine or conformity, contrasting with entrepreneurs, artists, or those with unconventional schedules: The café fills with nine-to-fivers grabbing coffee before work.
Sometimes mildly dismissive, sometimes simply descriptive.
One who travels regularly
- salarymanJapanese corporate employee
- employeeHired organizational member
- colleagueProfessional associate
- co-workerFellow employee
staff · workforce · white-collar · clerk · secretary · receptionist · assistant · subordinate
Partitioned office workspace
- deskFurniture for writing
- officeProfessional work location
- breakroomEmployee rest area
- watercoolerOffice drinking fountain
open-plan · swivel-chair · computer · printer · paperwork · files · timeclock · badge
Regular work travel
- rush-hourDaily commute congestion period
- schedulePlan of timed events
- clockworkSpring-driven gear system
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
predictability · regularity · repetition · pattern · habit · lunchbreak · punch-in · punch-out
Compensation for labor
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
End-of-week exclamation
- rat-raceExhausting competitive routine
- clock-watchingObsessive tracking of hours
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
commuter
One who travels regularly
- salarymanJapanese corporate employee
- employeeHired organizational member
- colleagueProfessional associate
co-worker · staff · workforce · white-collar · clerk · secretary · receptionist · assistant · subordinate · jobholder
cubicle
Partitioned office workspace
watercooler · open-plan · swivel-chair · computer · printer · paperwork · files · timeclock · badge · lanyard
commute
Regular work travel
- rush-hourDaily commute congestion period
- schedulePlan of timed events
- clockworkSpring-driven gear system
monotony · predictability · regularity · repetition · pattern · habit · lunchbreak · punch-in · punch-out · traffic
paycheck
Compensation for labor
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
retirement · pension · 401k · promotion · raise · bonus · bi-weekly
TGIF
End-of-week exclamation
- rat-raceExhausting competitive routine
- clock-watchingObsessive tracking of hours
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
nine-to-fiversnight owls
Those who stay up late
on-call workers · remote workers · freelancers · gig workers · digital nomads
nine-to-fiversfreelancers
Self-employed contract workers
entrepreneurs · self-employed · solopreneurs · independent contractors · gig workers
nine-to-fiversbohemians
Unconventional artistic types
free spirits · nonconformists · slackers · trust fund kids · dropouts
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