Define: "Jobsworth" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Bury them in their own paperwork. Submit a 40-page technical justification for every minor change and watch them stop checking your tickets entirely."
An employee who rigidly adheres to rules and policies, often at the expense of common sense or efficiency.
What does "Jobsworth" actually mean?
"The compliance gatekeeper who aggressively halts critical production deployments because you used Arial instead of Calibri on the CAB request form."
"We need to follow the procedure, but let's not be a jobsworth about minor formatting issues."
"The firewall patch failed because some jobsworth in procurement refused to release the PO without a wet signature from the CTO."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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