corporate ladders
Career advancement structures
Corporate ladders are the hierarchical structures within companies that employees climb through promotion and advancement.
The metaphor captures both the upward trajectory and the effort required—each rung representing a higher position with more responsibility, status, and pay.
To climb the corporate ladder is to pursue career advancement within an organization.
Someone might fall off the corporate ladder through demotion or termination.
- rungsLadder's horizontal bars
- managerialOf or relating to oversight
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- climbAscend using effort
moving up · executive · echelon · glass ceiling · middle management · hierarchy · office politics · company man · advancement · up or out · stepping stones · pay your dues · rat race · mentorship · networking · corner office · succession planning · executive presence
corporate ladderslateral moves
Horizontal position changes
career pivots · gig economy · freelancing · self-employment · job hopping
corporate laddersworker cooperatives
Collectively owned democratic businesses
corporate laddersdropping out
Leaving before completion
downshifting · entrepreneurship · self-employment · opting out · simple living
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