(a job) is not all (something). (sentence)

Use this construction to correct people's incorrect ideas about a job or activity.

You first describe what people sometimes think about the subject. Then you tell the more complete story. For example:

Sales is not all fancy power lunches and business meetings. We put up with a lot of rejections.

Being a police officer is not all chasing down bad guys and solving cases. A lot of our work involves doing paperwork, riding around the city, dealing with traffic accidents...

a glamorous job

"Glamorous" things are exciting, beautiful, and associated with money and fame. Some glamorous things include:

• a fashion show
• a Hollywood movie premiere

A glamorous job is a job that lots of people want because it involves things like international travel, meetings with famous or important people, and high pay.

The noun form of "glamorous" is "glamour".

a prestigious job

When something carries a high sense of respect, it can be called "prestigious". Some prestigious things include:

• a prestigious award
• a prestigious university
• a prestigious company
• a prestigious position

Having a prestigious job might mean being an important executive in a well-known company, having a high position in the government, and so on.

The noun form of "prestigious" is "prestige". You can say things:

I think he took the job more for the prestige than for the money.

(someone) put in long hours

"Putting in long hours" on a job or a project means working for a long time on it, or working for a long time each day. For example:

Everyone in a big law firm like that puts in insanely long hours.

This is similar to the phrase "put a lot of work into (something)"

(someone's work) is thankless

When someone works hard on something but no one notices or cares, you can say that the work is "thankless":

Fixing people's computer problems is a thankless job.