desk job
noun
: a job that someone does while sitting at a desk
She left her desk job to become a farmer.
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Working a desk job doesn’t have to mean sitting still all day long.
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Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
She got moved to a desk job before McFadden fired her in November 2022.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
Success looks different for everyone Growing up, I was told the key to success is to go to college and land a well-paying desk job.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
But after stints working at a bar and for a chocolatier, Roxanna had begun her first real 9-to-5 desk job doing marketing for a chiropractic office.
—Ryan Ermey,valentina Duarte, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
She got moved to a desk job before McFadden fired her in November 2022.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
Success looks different for everyone Growing up, I was told the key to success is to go to college and land a well-paying desk job.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
But after stints working at a bar and for a chocolatier, Roxanna had begun her first real 9-to-5 desk job doing marketing for a chiropractic office.
—Ryan Ermey,valentina Duarte, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Desk job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desk%20job. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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