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A term to describe the tedious and boring indentured servitude that most people are forced to endure to get money. Generally, not a pleasant experience.
"No, I can't come to the party tonight. I'm working late."
working by KonaKenny August 3, 2008
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works for me 

A commonly used phrase by software developers to indicate that the bug reported by a user is not repeatable on their machine, and will therefore receive no more attention. Usually connotes a dismissive approach, where anything that is not visible immediately to the developer is "someone else's problem" and is therefore not worth fixing.
User: The website does not show any content when I log in.

Developer: Works for me.
works for me by arzec October 29, 2012

Government Worker 

Man 1: "Betsy just took 12 weeks off from her job!"

Man 2: "She must be a government worker."
Government Worker by PCUTroublemaker February 28, 2013

worksick 

Someone who can not and does not want to ever get away from work, even while on vacations. Kind of like homesick, except for your job.
Mark went on a vacation to Jamaica and he is still checking his emails everyday. Man, that dude must be really worksick. Will he ever just let it go?
worksick by Soberdude March 18, 2008

workaversary 

Today is my six year workaversary! I've never worked anywhere this long!
workaversary by Kashmir May 19, 2016

Council Worker 

The job that all bogans do when they wake up to themselves that living off the dole has it's drawbacks. Bogans also work for the local council because they know that they can still be bludgers because of the council workers' pack mentality of being lazy.
How many council workers does it take to fix a light bulb?

That's right!
Council Worker by SgtHairy January 8, 2014