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someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy / (informal) someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage

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wage slave

Source Word

wage slave

Noun

informal

Japanese Meaning

賃金奴隷：賃金を受け取る労働者でありながら、労働条件が厳しく、自己決定権が乏しい、または過酷で単調な労働に従事している人を指す。

After years of unpaid overtime and no say in how things were run, she felt like a wage slave.

長年のサービス残業と職場運営に関する発言権のなさを経て、彼女は職業的自律がほとんどない賃金労働者のように感じていた。

Sense（1）

someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy

Sense（2）

(informal) someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage

wage slaves

（ plural ）