lateral move
Parallel career shift
A lateral move is a change in position—usually in employment—that involves neither promotion nor demotion.
The new role carries roughly equivalent status, pay, and responsibility: She made a lateral move from marketing to product development.
Lateral moves can broaden experience or escape a difficult situation without the stigma of stepping down.
- sidewaysToward one side
- transferMove between locations
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
horizontal · shift · reshuffle · reassignment · chess · pivot · maneuver · department · position · role · job title · corporate · corporate ladder · ladder · stepping · stone · stepping stone · strategic
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- career milestonespromotion, hire, first job, retirement, raise
- movementsstep, turn, shift, slide, roll
- Career Termspromotion, tenure, seniority, pay grade, rank
- chess movescheck, checkmate, castling, en passant, capture
lateral movepromotion
Rank increase or publicity
demotion · advancement · step up · step down · career advancement
lateral movebreakthrough
Sudden important advance
quantum leap · big break · game-changer · staying put · stagnation
lateral, move, laterally, bilaterally, bilateral, unilateral, collateral, equilateral, moved