career-limiting move
Workplace self-sabotage
A career-limiting move is an action or statement that damages one's professional prospects—the kind of blunder that gets you passed over for promotion or pushed out entirely.
Often abbreviated CLM.
The phrase carries ironic understatement, typically describing something spectacularly ill-advised: Telling the CEO his strategy was idiotic turned out to be a career-limiting move.
Sometimes used as a warning: I wouldn't do that—it's a CLM.
- burning bridgesRuining relationships irreparably
- up or outCareer ultimatum policy
- summary dismissalImmediate employment termination
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
dead-end · harassment · fraud · discrimination · consequence · bribery · fallout · plagiarism · conflicts of interest · power struggles · repercussion · error · foot in mouth · reputation · faux pas · dishonesty · gaffe · oversharing
career-limiting movecareer advancement
Professional upward mobility
stepping stone · big break · promotion · breakthrough · fast track
career-limiting movecalculated risk
Hazard taken deliberately
playing it safe · strategic play · good call · keeping one's head down · toeing the line
career, careers, careered, careering, careerism, careerist, limit, limits, limited