Dead-end job
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A dead-end job is a pejorative term describing a job in which there is little or no chance of progressing and succeeding into a higher paid position. Such work is usually regarded as unskilled and the phrase usually applies to those working as shelf stackers, cleaners, call center agents or in other menial jobs where the pay is low, and the hours are long. By the same token, positions not regarded as menial may none the less qualify as dead-end jobs and forms of underemployment. A specialized employee working in a small firm in an underdeveloped local market, for example, might have few opportunities for advancement within the company while simultaneously facing a dearth of opportunities outside it.
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See also
- Bullshit job
- Critique of work
- Freeter
- McJob
- Precariat
- Underemployment
- Tang ping ("lying flat")
- Working poor
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