paper-pushers
Office form processors
Paper-pushers is the plural of paper-pusher, a mildly disparaging term for office workers or bureaucrats whose jobs consist mainly of processing documents and forms.
The term implies tedious, unimportant work that produces nothing tangible: The paper-pushers in HR lost my application.
It can also suggest someone who creates unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles.
Administrative office employees
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
- civil servantsGovernment agency employees
- functionariesPeople holding formal positions
- government workersPublic sector employees
office drones · red tape · forms · regulations · filing · rubber stamps · permits · applications
Suboptimal use of resources
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- busyworkMeaningless assigned tasks
- tediumWearisome dullness
- soullessLacking spirit or feeling
drone · cog · automaton · menial · thankless · undervalued · unproductive · time-wasting
clerks
Administrative office employees
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
- civil servantsGovernment agency employees
- functionariesPeople holding formal positions
government workers · office drones · red tape · forms · regulations · filing · rubber stamps · permits · applications · approvals
inefficiency
Suboptimal use of resources
soulless · drone · cog · automaton · menial · thankless · undervalued · unproductive · time-wasting · going through motions
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, office job, full-time job
paper-pushersfield workers
Agricultural labor force
manual laborers · blue-collar workers · tradespeople · craftsmen · construction workers
paper-pushersproducers
Those who create goods
makers · creators · rainmakers · builders · innovators
paper-pushersdecision-makers
Those with choosing power
movers and shakers · doers · executives · leaders · visionaries
paper, papers, papered, papering, papery, paperwork, paperback, pusher, pushers