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Man-Work 

Man-work

Man work (in American English) also known as majesticness or general bad assery is a term generally used in the fire service. It’s almost exclusively reserved to describe the extensive physically and/or mentally demanding work typically done on a daily basis by the crew of a heavy rescue company.

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Our task is not to bring order out of chaos, but get work done in the midst of chaos…
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Man-Work by Shoebacca July 27, 2021

man of all work 

a manservant who does all kinds of work such as cooking, dish-washing, washing and cleaning.
Being a man of all work, he can hardly take respite.

Man fuck you, I see you at work 

A usual response to the question "Wassup can a loc come up in your crib?"
Saying that you will see he who questions you at your place of work, on top of this we can imply that the two people conversing are from the same place of work
Lamar: "Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib"
Franklin: "Man fuck you, I see you at work"

dead man working 

The guy everyone knows is gonna get fired and everyone quietly ignores for fear of getting on the bosses' bad sides, even if he's a great guy.
I was gonna invite Joe to lunch with us, but then I remembered. He's basically Dead Man Working right now. Not worth risking it.

Janine's leaving early again?
She's only got a week left. Dead Man Working. No point kissing up, now.

Phil's getting called in to the Manager's Office. Third time this month.
Uh-oh. Dead Man Working.
dead man working by GavinLestrade January 25, 2014

I'm just a tool working for the man 

When you are a mindless follower of orders given by your boss/supervisor. Just a follower of your boss/superviser and do not think for yourself.
My boss gave me instructions and followed them "I'm just a tool working for the man."

working for the man 

Performing a task, manual labor, or any type of assigned duty for a stupid, spineless, gutless, lazy, selfserving, douchebags, worthless, anal retentive, unappreciative, disrespectful person or organization for money.
Dude, are you still working for the man? Man, don't let the man get you down!
working for the man by Chear55 June 24, 2014