Work description
A document describing the duties and responsibilities of a position.
Plain English
The official document describing your duties, used to decide your classification and pay level.
If you’re new here
If your actual work has drifted well beyond it, that's worth raising. Classification follows the description, not the reality.
What they probably mean
“The document that decides what you get paid.”
Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.
Bureaucracy level
How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.
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