working at
On the job
Working at indicates employment or effort directed toward something.
With a workplace, it means being employed there: She's been working at the hospital for three years.
With a task or goal, it means making sustained effort: He's working at improving his Spanish.
The phrase suggests ongoing engagement rather than completion.
- jobPaid position of employment
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- taskWork to be done
- professionTrained occupational field
workplace · occupation · employment · minimum wage · activity · vocation · diligence · completion · laboratory · busy · construction site · breakneck speed · engagement · perseverance · office · position · factory · home
effort/engagement
working atabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
quitting · neglecting · ignoring · avoiding · dropping
work, working, works, worked, worker, workers, workable, unworkable, workings