corporate ladder | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,figurative)Thehierarchyorrankingsystem ofemploymentpositions within abusinessorganization; especially, such a hierarchy viewed as aladderto beclimbed(to successive higher-ranking positions) while one is pursuing acareerpath.1960July 4, “Time Listings”, inTime:The Apartment. Producer-Director Billy Wilder tells of a sweet-natured schnook (brilliantly played by Jack Lemmon) who shoots up thecorporate ladder.1991September 29, Nancy Marx Better, “The Executive Life: A Gender Switch In Grooming Rituals”, inNew York Times, retrieved14 April 2013:"Good grooming is increasingly important as you move up thecorporate ladder," said Camille Lavington, a New York image consultant.2012August 23, Petrina Gentile, “All business about his off-road vehicle”, inGlobe and Mail, Canada, retrieved14 April 2013:He's climbing thecorporate ladderfast and is moving from New York City to CNN headquarters in Atlanta.

Examples:

EN: Rumors are flying about this wedding, about Nishi using my sister's disability to boost himself up the corporate ladder.
ES: Se rumorea que atacó el lado débil de mi padre: su hija. Y se casó con ella para ascender.
EN: In it, it tells you how to deal with the anxieties of your friends as you move up the corporate ladder and they stay put, or God forbid, go down.
ES: El libro te dice cómo manejar las ansiedades de tus amigos al ascender en el trabajo mientras ellos se quedan ahí o descienden.
EN: We're going up the corporate ladder.
ES: Nos darán un ascenso.
EN: A little brownnosing, ass kissing, to work our way up that corporate ladder.
ES: Lames unas botas, besas unos culos y así vas ascendiendo en la compañía.
EN: There's a clear corporate ladder.
ES: Hay una clara escalada corporativa.
EN: I'm going to be climbing my way up that corporate ladder... all the way up to dispatcher.
ES: Voy a escalar en la empresa.... directo a... envíos.
EN: Tiffany, maybe your grades weren't good enough because all you cared about was moving up the corporate ladder.
ES: Tiffany, quizá sus notas no fueran buenas porque sólo le importaba ascender la escalera corporativa.
EN: You know, clawing my way to the top of the corporate ladder, willing to step over anybody that got in my way.
ES: Escalando los peldaños del mundo corporativo. Pisando a cualquiera que se interpusiera.
EN: Climb the corporate ladder, boy.
ES: Subirás en el escalafón, muchacho.
EN: Look, I learned a long time ago the corporate ladder is a dead end.
ES: Mira, aprendí hace mucho tiempo que la escalera corporativa es un callejón sin salida.
EN: So you thought I could just take her place and then you could climb the corporate ladder, huh?
ES: Así que pensaste que yo podía tomar su lugar y entonces escalarías posiciones, ¿eh?
EN: Back in the '80s, I was a young, eager banker in Arizona, working hard, trying to claw my way up the corporate ladder.
ES: En los años 80, yo era un banquero joven y entusiasta en Arizona, trabajando duro, tratando de abrirme camino en la escala corporativa.
EN: And she's climbing that corporate ladder pretty quick.
ES: Y está ascendiendo en la empresa con mucha rapidez.
EN: Time to climb the corporate ladder.
ES: Tiempo para escalar el lider de la corporación.
EN: - Angel... you're a motivated go-getter at the top of the corporate ladder.
ES: Y... Ángel... Ud. es una persona muy emprendedora en la cumbre de la jerarquia corporativa.

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