autonomy
/ɔˈtɑnəmi/The freedom to decide how you do your job without anyone checking every step.
Example: Remote work gives me real autonomy over my own day.
C118 words · Advanced
Pay & Progression vocabulary — C1
Pay and progression vocabulary for managing a career and a workforce, covering autonomy, a career trajectory, succession planning, and the onboarding of new staff.
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18aspiration
/ˌæspərˈeɪʃən/A strong hope of reaching something better in the future, especially in your working life.
Example:
Her aspiration is to run her own clinic one day.
milestone
/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/A point that marks real progress along a long plan or a working life.
Example:
Finishing the pilot is a genuine milestone for this team.
remit
/riˈmɪt/The area of work or the tasks that someone is officially responsible for.
Example:
Hiring new staff falls outside my remit, I'm afraid.
proactive
/ˌproʊˈæktɪv/Acting in advance to prevent problems instead of waiting for them to happen.
Example:
The team is very proactive about fixing small issues early.
upskill
To learn new abilities so you can do more at work.
Example:
The company pays for staff to upskill in digital tools.
trajectory
/trəˈdʒɛktəri/The overall direction a person's working life takes as it develops over the years.
Example:
That promotion changed the whole trajectory of my career.
shadowing
/ˈʃædoʊɪŋ/Learning a job by spending time beside an experienced worker and watching how they do it.
Example:
I spent a week shadowing a senior nurse on the ward.
succession planning
The process of preparing someone to take over an important position when the current person leaves.
Example:
The board reviewed its succession planning for senior roles.
coaching
/ˈkoʊtʃɪŋ/Regular one-to-one guidance from an expert to help someone improve their performance at work.
Example:
She has weekly coaching sessions with a senior manager.
tenure
/ˈtɛnjər/The right to stay permanently in a post, especially a university teaching one.
Example:
She finally received tenure after eight years of teaching.
workforce
/ˈwɜrkˌfɔrs/All the people employed by a company, or all those available to work in a country.
Example:
Half the workforce at this site is under thirty.
onboarding
The process of settling a new employee into their role and company.
Example:
Our onboarding takes two weeks and includes plenty of training.
turnover
/ˈtɜrˌnoʊvər/The rate at which staff leave a company and have to be replaced by new people.
Example:
Staff turnover in that department is close to fifty percent.
headcount
/ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/The total number of people who work for a company.
Example:
The company reduced its headcount by ten percent last year.
retention
/riˈtɛnʃən/The ability of a company to keep its employees rather than losing them to other jobs.
Example:
The firm improved staff retention by offering better benefits.
remuneration
/rɪˌmjunərˈeɪʃən/Payment given to somebody in return for the work they do.
Example:
The role offers remuneration well above the market rate.
increment
/ˈɪnkrəmənt/A small, regular step up in pay that comes automatically with time served.
Example:
Everyone gets a modest annual increment on their start date.
