But even in those circumstances, being a union leader is often a thankless job.

Education is a thankless job, but someone's got to do it.

Being at the top of the phone chain is a fairly thankless job.

I think social workers have the most thankless and difficult job in the country.

It's a hard, thankless job, but someone has to do it.

It may be the most thankless job in show business.

What a thankless job he'd been doing all these years, but that was okay because he had done it for himself, nobody else.

In fact, they perform what several experts consider the most difficult and thankless job asked of any public workers.

Who will step forward for the most thankless job in the computer industry?

It's a thankless job, but somebody's got to do it, most of all in the holiday season.