paper pushers
Office form processors
Paper pushers are office workers whose jobs consist mainly of processing documents and handling administrative tasks.
The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting work that is tedious, bureaucratic, and removed from productive or creative activity: I'm just a paper pusher at the insurance company.
The singular paper pusher refers to one such worker.
- bureaucratsAdministrative government employees
- government jobsCareers within state agencies
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
- middle managementOrganizational layer between leadership, employees
desk jockeys · red tape · cubicles · forms · filing · stamps · office drones · nine to five · rubber stamps · memos · inbox · tedium · carbon copies · signatures · stapler · binders · middlemen · functionaries
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, office job, full-time job
- office workersreceptionist, office workers, office clerk, accountant, administrator
paper pushersfield workers
Agricultural labor force
manual laborers · blue-collar workers · construction workers · tradespeople · factory workers
paper pushersdoers
People who act
producers · makers · movers and shakers · creators · builders
paper pushersdecision-makers
Those with choosing power
decision makers · executives · leaders · visionaries · strategists
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