corporate ladder

American  

noun

1. the hierarchical order of position, title, or rank, as in a large corporation.

   to work one's way up the corporate ladder.

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Example Sentences

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

"By the end of it, I really felt like I'd worked an office job and climbed the corporate ladder," Turner says.

From BBC

Van den Brink is a Heineken veteran who joined as a management trainee in 1998 and climbed the corporate ladder to take the top role in mid-2020, just as the company was grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions that left bars and restaurants closed for weeks in several countries.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now what was once a stable position feels like a ticking time bomb, with employees who worked their way up the corporate ladder awaiting their turn for a video call announcing their last day.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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