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Monkey Work 

Useless miscellaneous tasks or duties assigned to someone capable of more challenging work. These tasks are usually boring and require very little brain activity. The type of work involved is somewhat professional, but still monotonous and stupid to the employee.
"I just got demoted at my job. The crap I'm doing now is frickin' monkey work."
Monkey Work by Tay from da Bay December 9, 2006
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Work Monkey 

A Work Monkey is the one person in your class that you get to do your work for you, and you don't have to give them anything in return. They will get the paper you need for the day, do your homework and let you cheat in a test without wanting something back.
Did you do the homework last night?" "I gotta get it from my Work Monkey before second period.
Work Monkey by Sadieisonfire1 April 26, 2011

Monkey Tedious Work 

A task that is extremely repetitive and requires no real thought but the task is required over and over again. Something you would give to an intern.
"That task is some monkey tedious work man"
Monkey Tedious Work by C-Zep February 18, 2010

Work like a monkey 

Is when monkey is here and laptop is there.
Somebody on the soffa under cover sleeping or just there and at the same time working on the laptop, but it is on the other side of the sofa - you work like a monkey.
Work like a monkey by other monkey December 26, 2020

Monkey Workers  

A clique of people at work who constanly goof off, socialize, and waste company time with one another.
Cole: I swear it's always a party over where i sit. Do thoses slackers have nothing to do?!
Alex: I wish the boss would catch all those Monkey Workers in the act.

workplace monkey mind 

Slang term describing the distracted state of mind that can occur at work when you should be focusing on the task at hand but you are only getting sidetracked into other non-workplace thoughts that are much more enjoyable.
Knowing I had a rapidly approaching deadline, I repeatedly attempted to focus myself on the project but a serious case of workplace monkey mind was making this entirely impossible!

I work hard for the money 

A saying that people named Chandler use to describe how hard they work when they really don't.
Co-worker: Chandler you have been on break for the last 45 mins stop slacking. Chandler: I work hard for the money goddammit.