Definitions for JOBSWORTH
job·sworth

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1. jobsworthnoun

   A minor worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.

2. Etymology: From the phrase "It's more than my job's worth to..."

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1. Jobsworth

   A jobsworth is a person who uses the (typically small) authority of their job in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner. It characterizes one who upholds petty rules even at the expense of effectiveness or efficiency. "Jobsworth" is a British colloquial word derived from the phrase "I can't do that, it's more than my job's worth", meaning that to do what is requested of them would be against what their job requires and would be likely to cause them to lose their job. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "A person in authority (esp. a minor official) who insists on adhering to rules and regulations or bureaucratic procedures even at the expense of common sense." Jonathon Green similarly defines "jobsworth" as "a minor factotum whose only status comes from enforcing otherwise petty regulations".An example of the phrase in its original context in the 1965 Beatles movie Help!, when Roy Kinnear's character, the assistant scientist Algernon, exclaims "Well it's more than my job's worth to stop him when he's like this, he's out to rule the world...if he can get a government grant." An example of the term in its fully formed metaphorical use was by UK folk-singer Jeremy Taylor, in a song he wrote in the late 1960s:

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1. Jobsworth

   A jobsworth is a person who uses their job description in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner. "Jobsworth" is a British colloquial word deriving from the phrase "I can't do that, it's more than my job's worth", meaning it might lose the person their job: taking the initiative and performing an action, and perhaps in the process breaking a rule, is beyond what the person feels their job description allows. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "A person in authority who insists on adhering to rules and regulations or bureaucratic procedures even at the expense of common sense." Jonathon Green similarly defines "jobsworth" as "a minor factotum whose only status comes from enforcing otherwise petty regulations". Phrases such as "that's not in my job description" or "not my job" roughly reflect the attitude of a person to whom the term applies. An example of the phrase which gave rise to the term occurs in the 1965 Beatles movie Help!, when the assistant scientist character Algernon exclaims "Well it's more than my job's worth to stop him when he's like this, he's out to rule the world...if he can get a government grant." The character Carol Beer in the British comedy series Little Britain usually acts like a jobsworth: she works, for instance, in a bank and travel agency, listlessly inputting customers' requests into her computer only to flatly reply with her catchphrase, "Computer says no..."

How to pronounce JOBSWORTH?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of JOBSWORTH in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of JOBSWORTH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jobsworth
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobsworth
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=JOBSWORTH