clock puncher

American  

noun

1. a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.

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Example Sentences

Wallace Fox was a clock puncher, a work-for-hire employee who followed instructions — which might explain his limited Internet footprint.

From Los Angeles Times

If Malone was celebrated for anything, it was as the ultimate inside operator, the definitive clock puncher.

From New York Times

“He is one of the highest-compensated anglers on the tour because of how he treats people and the time he gives customers, whether it’s the C.E.O. or the clock puncher at the local plant.”

From New York Times