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workhorse 

A dependable performer; a steady, responsible worker who assumes a heavy workload.

Because the company wasn't making any new sales or delivering any of the existing ones to production, the COO and VP of Support decided to fire the older employees -- the workhorses -- in order to afford raises and bonuses for the younger ones.

workhorse by Turn the Worm May 24, 2010