万まん年ねんヒラ

noun

perpetual rank-and-file employee; career non-promotee

Colloquial abbreviation of 万年平社員. Used humorously or self-deprecatingly for someone who remains a regular employee without ever being promoted.

• 彼かれは入にゅう社しゃして二に十じゅう年ねん、ずっと万まん年ねんヒラだ。

  He's been with the company for twenty years and has always been a rank-and-file employee who never gets promoted.

• 万まん年ねんヒラで終おわりたくないなら、もっと結けっ果かを出ださないと。

  If you don't want to end up as a perpetual non-promotee, you need to produce more results.