追おい出だし部屋べや

noun

expulsion room; banishment room; boredom room

Colloquial term for a room where employees who cannot be fired are assigned menial or isolated tasks to pressure them into resigning voluntarily.

See also: 追い出し (おいだし)

• 彼かれは追おい出だし部屋べやに回まわされて、毎まい日にち窓まどの外そとを眺ながめているだけだ。

  He was sent to the expulsion room and now just stares out the window every day.

• 追おい出だし部屋べやは、退たい職しょく勧かん奨しょうの手しゅ段だんとして問もん題だい視しされている。

  Expulsion rooms are seen as problematic as a means of encouraging resignation.