desk jockey

Peter is a blank space to whom any desk jockey can relate, which doesn't take much if you subscribe to the idea of an average-looking white guy as the default white-collar worker.

Daniel Pearce makes of Polonius a hilariously pedantic desk jockey and bad idea bear.

He figured this would be his career path: a white-collar desk jockey trying to help companies squeeze profits from the system.

Seth is a by-the-book desk jockey; Bud ignores the rules when they interfere with undead evisceration.

A dorky desk jockey, Seth is the familiar foil for the hero’s one-liners, but Franco plays him with a sweetness that keeps his fussiness from grating.