empleomania means the desire to obtain a government job. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
empleomania is pronounced /ˌɛmpliːoʊˈmeɪniə/.
Why “empleomania” is a great word
EMPLEOMANIA — [Noun] The obsessive, pathological craving to obtain or hold a government or public office. From Spanish empleomanía, from empleo ("employment, job") + -manía ("-mania, obsessive enthusiasm"). Unlike "ambition," a general drive for success, or "nepotism," an act of patronage, empleomania is the specific, ravenous hunger for the office itself. It is the fevered hand filling out yet another application, the haunted eyes scanning obituaries for a vacancy, and the cold dread of a retiree whose identity dissolves with the official seal—a lifelong pursuit of the empty vessel.
noun
- The desire to obtain a government job.“"Do ut des" is the motto of Spanish public life; empleomania is rife to a degree unknown elsewhere; and empleomania is the chief instrument of political corruption.”