golden-rocking-chair job
n.— «He got screwed by an employer who had promised him a golden-rocking-chair job. Ironically, that employer sold to another who already was unionized, and my father managed to work long enough to earn a meager pension.» —“You Can Thank Your Brothers And Sisters” by Jon Hahn Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Wash.) Aug. 29, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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