white-collar
Desk job type
White-collar describes work done in offices rather than factories or outdoors, typically professional, managerial, or administrative jobs: white-collar workers, white-collar crime.
The term comes from the dress shirts traditionally worn by office workers, contrasting with the blue collars of manual laborers.
White-collar crime refers to nonviolent financial offenses like fraud, embezzlement, or insider trading.
Furniture for writing
- cubiclePartitioned office workspace
- computerElectronic calculating device
- keyboardArray of input keys
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
printer · paperwork · files · cabinet · memo · agenda · meeting · colleague
Matched formal garments
- briefcasePortable document container
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- blazerSemiformal tailored jacket
- slacksInformal leg garments
loafers · cufflinks · polished · tailored · pressed · crisp · professional · khakis
Financial records keeper
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- analystOne who examines systematically
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- managerOne who directs others
engineer · architect · banker · broker · actuary · auditor · underwriter · economist
Top corporate officer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- headquartersCentral command location
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
director · strategy · merger · acquisition · stakeholder · shareholder · conglomerate · multinational
Storing documents systematically
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
scheduling · correspondence · documentation · records · invoices · spreadsheet · photocopying · faxing
Fixed periodic employment payment
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- bonusReward beyond expectation
severance · 401k · retirement · income · earnings · remuneration · raise · commission
Capitalist ownership class
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- educatedHaving received formal instruction
- credentialedHaving formal qualifications verified
working-class · socioeconomic · status · prestige · meritocracy · ladder-climbing · aspirational
desk
Furniture for writing
monitor · printer · paperwork · files · cabinet · memo · agenda · meeting · colleague · breakroom
suit
Matched formal garments
slacks · loafers · cufflinks · polished · tailored · pressed · crisp · professional · khakis · wingtips
accountant
Financial records keeper
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- analystOne who examines systematically
- consultantProfessional advice provider
manager · engineer · architect · banker · broker · actuary · auditor · underwriter · economist · planner
CEO
Top corporate officer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- headquartersCentral command location
management · director · strategy · merger · acquisition · stakeholder · shareholder · conglomerate · multinational · enterprise
filing
Storing documents systematically
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
transcription · scheduling · correspondence · documentation · records · invoices · spreadsheet · photocopying · faxing · shorthand
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
bonus · severance · 401k · retirement · income · earnings · remuneration · raise · commission · perks
bourgeoisie
Capitalist ownership class
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- educatedHaving received formal instruction
credentialed · working-class · socioeconomic · status · prestige · meritocracy · ladder-climbing · aspirational
- corporatecorporation, CEO, office, CFO, cubicle
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- laborlabor, labor union, work, labor force, laborers
- work termsboss, job, manager, career, company
- wageswage, salary, pay, paycheck, income
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
white-collarblue-collar
Manual labor workforce
manual · industrial · working-class · skilled trades · factory work
white-collarblue-collar
Manual labor workforce
working-class · proletarian · manual · rank-and-file · hourly
white, collar, collared, whiteness, blue-collar, collarbone, pink-collar, white-collar crime, blue-collar worker