0 someone who always obeys all the rules of their job even when they cause problems for other people or when the rules are silly
All too often, we encounter what is almost a jobsworth attitude.
There is no doubt that red tape and a jobsworth attitude are sometimes involved.
I cannot understand how we can tolerate such jobsworth bureaucracy when dealing with a crisis.
In the past, there has been inconsistency between regulators and, on some occasions, the regulatory framework has fostered a jobsworth attitude.
We all know what it means to run into a jobsworth.