soft job

Idioms  

1. An easy job or task, as in He really has a soft job—his assistants do nearly all the work. This colloquial expression uses soft in the sense of “involving little or no hardship or discomfort.” It was first put as soft employment in 1639.

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Example Sentences

Those factors included persistent spare capacity, soft job creation, and tepid growth set for the second half of 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

But Washington’s soft job market is also a sign of deeper economic challenges.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

The figures helped to curb cautious views on the U.S. economy sparked after tame consumer inflation reading and soft job growth data published earlier this month, helping to revive expectations for early Fed tapering.

From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2021

Trump inherited a portion of his father’s real estate empire, valued at $40 million, in 1974, in the middle of one of the most pitilessly soft job markets since the Great Depression.

From Slate • May 1, 2016

It’s a soft job for him, running little errands, doing little favors, and there’s no way he’d want to jeopardize it.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood