career ladder
Workplace advancement path
A career ladder is the progression of positions within a field, from entry-level to senior roles, each rung representing advancement in responsibility, status, and pay.
The metaphor suggests steady upward movement: She climbed the career ladder from intern to CEO.
To be on the career ladder is to hold a position with clear advancement prospects, as opposed to dead-end work.
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- climbAscend using effort
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- rungLadder's horizontal step
- upward mobilityRising social or economic status
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- Career Advancementjob promotion, advancement, moving up, upward mobility, pay raise
- Getting Aheadshortcut, expedite, accelerate, speed up, promotion
career ladderlateral movement
Horizontal displacement perpendicular to forward
career plateau · downward mobility · demotion · dead-end job · career stagnation
career ladderopting out
Choosing not to participate
work-life balance · quiet quitting · early retirement · downshifting
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