time-servingnoun [ U ]
ukusdisapprovingsomeone who is time-serving works in a safe job and is doing as little as possible while waiting for the time that they can retire:
Corrupt time-serving was common at lower levels of the state bureaucracy.
time-servingadjective [ before noun ]
ukusdisapprovingworking in a safe job and doing as little as possible while waiting to retire:
Committed, forward-looking professionals had the advantage over their time-serving colleagues.