office drone
Desk job employee
An office drone is a worker who performs routine, uninspiring tasks in a corporate environment—someone who shows up, does their job without passion or initiative, and goes home.
The term evokes mindless repetition, like a bee's drone that exists only to serve the hive: After ten years as an office drone, she finally quit to start her own business.
Often self-deprecating or used to critique soul-crushing corporate culture.
- salarymanJapanese corporate employee
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
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- TPS reportWorkplace progress summary
- cubiclePartitioned office workspace
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- Office SatireDilbert, Silicon Valley, buzzword bingo, corporate ladder, micromanagement
office droneCEO
Top corporate officer
boss · executive · top brass · managing director · owner
office dronecreative genius
Exceptional inventive ability
visionary · innovator · artist · trailblazer · free spirit
office dronedigital nomad
Roaming online professional
freelancer · park ranger · wilderness guide · farmer · sailor
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