desk job

noun

: a job that someone does while sitting at a desk

She left her desk job to become a farmer.

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Success looks different for everyone Growing up, I was told the key to success is to go to college and land a well-paying desk job. —

Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024 But after stints working at a bar and for a chocolatier, Roxanna had begun her first real 9-to-5 desk job doing marketing for a chiropractic office. —

Ryan Ermey,valentina Duarte, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024 Working a desk job is a reliable way to get your bag, but not so much your steps. —

Renee Cherry, SELF, 10 Oct. 2024 In America, success is often portrayed as a single pathway: study hard, get good grades, go to college, graduate, and get a white-collar desk job that supports your family and funds the mortgage of your dream home with the white picket fence. —

Julieanna Etter, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for desk job