window-side employee

[Itasan]

We have a term 'MADOGIWAZOKU', literally 'window-side
people'. Those are the people who are not needed
in the company, but for some reason or another the
company has to keep them. They are given no meaningful
work and are just sitting near the window. The company
might be wanting them to vluntarily retire. The company
might have to keep them because they have contributed
to the company for a long time. Anyway it's not an
enjoyable position.
I wonder if there is any appropriate English term
for this. 'Pencil pusher' or 'pen pusher' are
somewhat different I think.
Thank you.

[Casiopea]

I know the term, but a similar one doesn't exist in North America. It's tied to culture.

[Francois]

Lol, in North America when you're not needed anymore you're fired. Cultural thing

FRC