corporate ladder

NOUN

pecking order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

food chain hierarchy power structure social structure

WEAK

chain of command class structure dominance due order echelons grouping line of dominance order placing position ranking scale social hierarchy social ladder social pyramid social stratification

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The corporate ladder feels more like a slide to people whose roles are being devalued in today’s cooler job market.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many pandemic-era efforts to help Black women and other minority groups advance up the corporate ladder have fallen away as companies have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal

So have their promotions up and down the corporate ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal

Silverblatt spent his entire career at S&P, a rarity among restless Wall Street hustlers who often flit between companies to climb the corporate ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal

But AI’s advance has raised bigger questions about what company org charts might look like in the future, and how mid-level, mid-career employees might move up the corporate ladder.

From MarketWatch

corporate ladder

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