Synonyms and antonyms of People who do boring, unimportant or unpleasant work in American Thesaurus

drudge (noun)

someone who has to do a lot of boring and unpleasant work

workhorse (noun)

someone who does a lot of hard or boring work

foot soldier (noun)

someone with a junior position in a company, whose job is to do necessary but boring work

drone (noun)

someone who does boring work for very little money

flunky (noun)

someone who does unimportant work

pencil pusher (noun)

Americaninformal someone who has an unimportant job in an office but uses a lot of paper writing reports. This word is often used to criticize someone or their job.

bottom feeder (noun)

informal someone who earns money by doing things that most people do not like or by taking advantage of other people’s problems

grunt (noun)

Americaninformal someone who does boring work

pink-collar (adjective)

informal pink-collar workers do work with low pay that is traditionally done by women, especially young women. Some people find this expression offensive