jobholder

Example Sentences

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On the high stiff back of each chair was a metal plate naming the Cabinet job but not the jobholder.

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The long career of James John Davis as a Federal jobholder was punctuated last week by a 33-minute lapse into private citizenship.

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Anyone 16 or over who did any work at all for pay or profit during the week before the survey is regarded as a jobholder; there is no upper age limit.

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Dumaine had fired every nonessential jobholder in plant and office, cut wages, shaved overhead, started the production of rayon.

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So all in all, with some demerits for screwups and gold stars for effort, I think it’s fair to say that as a worker, a jobholder, I deserve a B or maybe B+.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich