Historical clue formulations

• Mundane employment, derisively — 2024-01-03
• Uninspiring or low-paying work — 2022-10-26
• Minimum wage employment, informally — 2022-10-12
• Menial position — 2022-04-07
• Dead-end position — 2015-10-18
• Low-level position — 2010-10-10
• Not the most stimulating work — 2010-08-28
• Position with no prospects — 2009-09-11
• Not the most rewarding work — 2006-01-24
• Going-nowhere position, in modern lingo — 2003-01-31
• Unexciting, low-paid work, in modern lingo — 2001-10-13