An expression used to describe the commonplace employee experience when a state or federal agency hires folks because of their advanced degrees and licensure and then gradually eases them, after the honeymoon phase, into what feels like slave labor, and retains them, due to steady and therefore relatively decent pay, frequent paid days off and a seemingly cushy pension.
I am a doctor who has been eating workplace shit for more than a decade, but after this period of indentured servitude and gradually increasing mental and physical illness, I have stepped halfway off the pirate ship and hope to be vigorously swimming soon.
by Dr Bunnygirl September 3, 2019
When you are hired by an organization and are told that your position is one big adventure to get you to accept less pay but it turns out to be a boring assignment that is much less interesting and glamorous.
I was charmed and brown-nosed all through the interview and then hired to do the work of a near-god, but I quickly discovered that I was the newest victim of their workplace bait and switch scam.
by Dr Bunnygirl September 3, 2019
Term used to describe a person who is or was generally fearless in their committed demonstrations of questioning what is often oppressive authority.
She was a workplace folk hero who had some impressive write-ups, righteous confrontations, refusals to obey absurd rules, a foul mouth at the perfect times, occasional meltdowns and a talent for ferreting out avoidant bosses; she also possessed a colorful selection of anti-workplace socks that many found supportive and hilarious.
by Dr Bunnygirl August 28, 2019
Those folks you notice who always stay late who are doing so in order to be able to privately examine the contents of colleagues’ trashcans to gather intel.
Those creepy workplace trash sifters sometimes strike stark terror into me to the point where I can’t sleep!
by Dr Bunnygirl October 5, 2019
An employee who is a master at flexing days and shifts to the point that nobody working with them really knows when the person is going to be at work.
by Dr Bunnygirl November 23, 2019
Disorder in the workplace where the person who does the least (if any) amount of work does the most complaining about "how busy" or "how crazy" the office is in order to garner sympathy from customers. The irony is that the person displaying Workplace Munchausen Syndrome looks like a fool to most of the people they whine to, since they are standing around whining while the workplace grinds on behind them, thus proving that they are irrelevant to the work being performed and/or the biggest slacker in the workplace.
Tami continuously complained about "how crazy" the workplace had been for the last six weeks, despite the fact that her inbox was full, her outbox was empty, and the customer she was complaining to was there to complain that she hadn't processed his check. She clearly has Workplace Munchausen Syndrome.
by JustAnotherGuy March 5, 2013
Going back to your place of work constantly when you're not working. Typical and most common in supermarket employees. Even though you hate your job, you love your place of work and go there all the time when you're off from work because its so much better, and if its a store you can freely buy things. Relatable to actual Stockholm Syndrome, when someone who is kidnapped gains pitty/respect for their captor.
Though the cashier hates his job at the supermarket, he constantly goes there when he's not working because of his severe case of Workplace Stockholm Syndrome.
by TheFiend138 April 28, 2015