make-work

Noun. A societal or employment position that exists solely because funds from a money-cloud (such as tax money, tuition, endowments, and non-profit organizations) was used to create it. It's title, usually having several multi-syllabic words, is an example of the "inverse law of word length and importance". It is usually a useless position that someone with several higher-education degrees holds (and perhaps even invented themselves). The purpose for its existence is to virtue-signal on both the make-work-er and make-work-ee's parts. It is meant to persuade people based on their appeal to authority.

"Margaret's make-work position is that of a biology education researcher whose research focuses on making undergraduate science learning environments more inclusive. Trained as a Ph.D. neuroscientist, she transitioned to discipline-based education research and is an expert on course-based undergraduate research experiences and making undergraduate science learning experiences, specifically active learning courses and undergraduate research experiences, more inclusive. Her research focuses on students with concealable stigmatized identities such as religious students, LGBTQ+ students, and students with disabilities, as well as the impact on students of instructors revealing these identities in the context of the classroom. Her research in biology education has been internationally recognized and featured in Science Magazine, as well as in numerous news outlets, including the NY Times, CNN, and Scientific American."

by Wichita.Downspout June 2, 2023

Work Experience

A way that schools force you into a "work environment"

But in a "work environment" you are paid money.

Basically legal child labour

School "Hey kid you wanna do work experience?"

Kid "Am I paid for the labour?"

Schools "no? Why do you need money, you're a child"

Kid "isn't that just child labour?"

School "haha no"

by SchoolIsFlawed June 25, 2023

Blended working

It is an expression used to describe a type of work that is mixed; specifically, It is work that involves working in the office and working from home.

While blended working, I can, finally, do something personal.

by Bioengineer June 27, 2023

Dungeon Work

Putting that work in under the radar, when the flash is off and the people aren’t paying attention to you.

Man look at John over there? How’d he get like that? He must’ve been putting in that Dungeon Work!

by GS1106 February 27, 2023

Normal Work - HN

Looking busy while doing nothing

Ioana go back to your Normal Work - HN style

by qweqweHN March 29, 2023

do you work in business

Some idiot thing Bri'ish PM Rishi Sunak said to a homeless man in December 2022. It is frightening how detached Rishi the ignorant idiot is from the real world

Rishi: Do you work in business?
Homeless Man: I'm homeless.

by Deadboydoor517 April 3, 2023

Bored Work

when mrbeast misspoke in his very outdated monopoly video

"Now you advance to Bored Work....*confusion*"

by eyehfb82o7ug rffoiquljheflkjb February 9, 2023