窓まど際ぎわ族ぞく

noun

window-seat tribe; useless employees shunted off to a window desk

A Japanese business term for older employees who are given little work and seated by a window until retirement, often as a form of indirect dismissal.

• 彼かれは窓まど際ぎわ族ぞくにされて、毎まい日にち窓まどの外そとを眺ながめている。

  He was made a window-seat tribe member and spends every day looking out the window.

• 窓まど際ぎわ族ぞくという言こと葉ばは、日本にほんの企き業ぎょう文ぶん化かを象しょう徴ちょうしている。

  The term 'window-seat tribe' symbolizes Japanese corporate culture.