no-show jobs
Paid for absence
No-show jobs are positions where someone receives a salary without actually performing work or even appearing at the workplace.
The term is associated with political patronage, organized crime, and union corruption—arrangements where jobs exist on paper to funnel money to allies or pay off debts: He had a no-show job at the construction company, courtesy of his uncle the alderman.
The practice amounts to embezzlement or fraud disguised as employment.
- ghost employeesFictitious workers receiving pay
- off the booksUnreported to authorities
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
mob · mafia · graft · payroll fraud · featherbedding · cronyism · nepotism · embezzlement · union · union boss · organized crime · city hall · bid rigging · political machine · sweetheart deal · favor · bribery · brown envelope
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- corporate crimescorporate fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, price fixing, embezzlement
- Political Corruptionbribery, graft, kickbacks, cronyism, nepotism
- Spoils Systemspoils system, political patronage, patronage, cronyism, favoritism
- dirty moneydirty money, ill-gotten gains, illicit funds, illicit gains, proceeds of crime
no-show jobshard labor
Strenuous punitive work
backbreaking work · sweat equity · active duty · manual labor · full-time employment
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