steno pool

colloquial uncountable

(colloquial) stenographers, or more generally very low-level, unskilled office workers, taken collectively

Japanese Meaning

俗語的表現で、速記者や、それに限らず低レベルで未熟な事務作業従事者の集団を指す

The steno pool did all the department's menial paperwork while the higher-ups took the credit.

その部署の雑用的な書類仕事はすべて速記係の集団がこなし、上層部が功績を奪っていった。

Sense（1）

(colloquial) stenographers, or more generally very low-level, unskilled office workers, taken collectively