History Main / WhiteCollarWorker

* Wheatley from ''VideoGame/Portal2'' already is this, albeit in A.I. form, but the fanfic ''Fanfic/BlueSky'' takes it to the next level and gets him to look the part, too.

The White Collar Worker is a staple of the WorkCom, but can be found in any work of fiction that requires office scenes. The natural habitat of the White Collar Worker in the modern work is the office cubicle. Their natural enemies include bosses of all kinds except "{{benevolent|Boss}}" and their more obnoxious co-workers. As for their work...well, white collar jobs are boring to look at and repetitive most of the time, and one set of paperwork or computer spreadsheet looks much like another. So the details of the work are usually not examined closely. Indeed, often the exact position or job description of the characters and their role at the MegaCorp will deliberately be left vague. This gives greater plot flexibility, especially when the PointyHairedBoss decides to give the hero some wacky project that would seem to have little to do with the job, normally.

Subtropes include CorruptCorporateExecutive, DitzySecretary, HonestCorporateExecutive, HighPoweredCareerWoman, OfficeLady, OperatorFromIndia, {{Paperworkaholic}}, PowersuitMonkey, PluckyOfficeGirl, {{Salaryman}}, SassySecretary, TechBro, {{Workaholic}} if they can't let go of their work , and {{Yuppie}} for a highly educated, well-paid office worker.

* The Unnamed Narrator in ''Film/FightClub'' started off as one, though he actually goes into detail about his job and is seen doing it. His dull and boring life there leads to him [[spoiler:developing a SplitPersonality in the form of Tyler Durden, who is the kind of [[RatedMForManly "man's man"]] he wishes he could be]].

A modern office employee. The name derives from workplace dress codes in the mid-20th Century; factory laborers typically wore blue work shirts, jumpsuits, or other uniforms, while managers and technical or professional staff wore white business shirts and ties.

As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.

The White Collar Worker is a staple of the WorkCom, but can be found in any work of fiction that requires office scenes. The natural habitat of the White Collar Worker is the office cubicle. Their natural enemies include bosses of all kinds except "{{benevolent|Boss}}" and their more obnoxious co-workers. As for their work...well, white collar jobs are kind of boring to look at most of the time, and one set of paperwork looks much like another. So the details of the work are usually not examined closely. Indeed, often the exact position or job description of the characters will deliberately be left vague. This gives greater plot flexibility, especially when the PointyHairedBoss decides to give the hero some wacky project that would seem to have little to do with the job, normally.

Subtropes include CorruptCorporateExecutive, DitzySecretary, HonestCorporateExecutive, HighPoweredCareerWoman, OfficeLady, OperatorFromIndia, {{Paperworkaholic}}, PowersuitMonkey, PluckyOfficeGirl, {{Salaryman}}, SassySecretary, TechBro, {{Workaholic}}, and {{Yuppie}}.

-->-- ''Music/DollyParton''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Flash Slothmore works at the Department of Mammal Vehicles, an agency in charge of vehicle registration and driver licensing. The film's protagonists go there to learn a vital clue for their investigation -- who was the owner of the vehicle a disappeared person was last seen. Flash is the sloth from who they get the information, albeit frustratingly slowly since he is a sloth. He and his (sloth) co-workers are a [[ParodiedTrope parody]] of the white-collar workers.

%% * Most of the cast of ''Film/NineToFive''. The heroines are stuck in "pink-collar" positions.