careerist

1. (derogatory) A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values.Examples: "A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties."; "Liu Hsin's famous jibe seems to have been directed not against Yang Hsiung but against the intellectual limitations of contemporary careerists. […] Yang's writings and personal character did not appeal to the careerists of his time"; "You’ve got a lot of elite careerist women in the officer corps who have a certain set of desires usually related to their career."derogatory