eating workplace shit

An expression used to describe the commonplace employee experience when a state or federal agency hires folks because of their advanced degrees and licensure and then gradually eases them, after the honeymoon phase, into what feels like slave labor, and retains them, due to steady and therefore relatively decent pay, frequent paid days off and a seemingly cushy pension.

I am a doctor who has been eating workplace shit for more than a decade, but after this period of indentured servitude and gradually increasing mental and physical illness, I have stepped halfway off the pirate ship and hope to be vigorously swimming soon.

eating workplace shit by Dr Bunnygirl September 3, 2019

workplace shift-shifter 

An employee who is a master at flexing days and shifts to the point that nobody working with them really knows when the person is going to be at work.

I can’t possibly tell you when that workplace shift-shifter will be back into work!

workplace shift-shifter by Dr Bunnygirl November 23, 2019

Workplace Snitch 

A person that looks for any opportunity to report any bad behavior by other employees to management whether true or not. In order to curry favor for preferred work assignments or for possible promotion.
People like this are usually very insecure and have low self-esteem. They always want management to think of them as their best employee. So if they see another employee that is "better" than them. They will go out of their way to discredit them to management by making them appear lazy or incompetent.

Mike: Hey Ted, don't stand around when Brian is nearby because he will report you to management if he gets a chance.
Ted: Workplace snitch?
Mike: Yep.

Workplace Snitch by WileECoyote.genius September 3, 2019

Workplace Socialite

Someone who only goes to work to socialise.

The department of community services is staffed by workplace socialites.

Workplace Socialite by angry social worker July 10, 2010

Workplace Stockholm Syndrome 

Going back to your place of work constantly when you're not working. Typical and most common in supermarket employees. Even though you hate your job, you love your place of work and go there all the time when you're off from work because its so much better, and if its a store you can freely buy things. Relatable to actual Stockholm Syndrome, when someone who is kidnapped gains pitty/respect for their captor.

Though the cashier hates his job at the supermarket, he constantly goes there when he's not working because of his severe case of Workplace Stockholm Syndrome.

Workplace Stockholm Syndrome by TheFiend138 April 28, 2015

workplace trash sifters 

Those folks you notice who always stay late who are doing so in order to be able to privately examine the contents of colleagues’ trashcans to gather intel.

Those creepy workplace trash sifters sometimes strike stark terror into me to the point where I can’t sleep!

workplace trash sifters by Dr Bunnygirl October 5, 2019

Workplace Munchausen Syndrome

Disorder in the workplace where the person who does the least (if any) amount of work does the most complaining about "how busy" or "how crazy" the office is in order to garner sympathy from customers. The irony is that the person displaying Workplace Munchausen Syndrome looks like a fool to most of the people they whine to, since they are standing around whining while the workplace grinds on behind them, thus proving that they are irrelevant to the work being performed and/or the biggest slacker in the workplace.

Tami continuously complained about "how crazy" the workplace had been for the last six weeks, despite the fact that her inbox was full, her outbox was empty, and the customer she was complaining to was there to complain that she hadn't processed his check. She clearly has Workplace Munchausen Syndrome.

Workplace Munchausen Syndrome by JustAnotherGuy March 5, 2013