# Pay & Progression Advanced

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- CEFR: C1 (Advanced)
- Theme: Work & Career
- Words: 22
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Pay and progression vocabulary for managing a career and a workforce, covering autonomy, a career trajectory, succession planning, and the onboarding of new…

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## Word list

* **autonomy** /ɔˈtɑnəmi/: The freedom to decide how you do your job without anyone checking every step. — “Remote work gives me real **autonomy** over my own day.”
* **aspiration** /ˌæspərˈeɪʃən/: A strong hope of reaching something better in the future, especially in your working life. — “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. — “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. — “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. — “The team is very **proactive** about fixing small issues early.”
* **upskill**: To learn new abilities so you can do more at work. — “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. — “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. — “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. — “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. — “She has weekly **coaching** sessions with a senior manager.”
* **tenure** /ˈtɛnjər/: The right to stay permanently in a post, especially a university teaching one. — “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. — “Half the **workforce** at this site is under thirty.”
* **onboarding**: The process of settling a new employee into their role and company. — “Our **onboarding** takes two weeks and includes plenty of training.”
* **outsource** /ˌaʊtˈsɔrs/: To pay another company to do work that your own staff used to do. — “Many firms **outsource** their customer support to specialist companies.”
* **eligible** /ˈɛlədʒəbəl/: Allowed to have or do something because you meet the official conditions for it. — “You're only **eligible** for the bonus after six months here.”
* **turnover** /ˈtɜrˌnoʊvər/: The rate at which staff leave a company and have to be replaced by new people. — “Staff **turnover** in that department is close to fifty percent.”
* **headcount** /ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/: The total number of people who work for a company. — “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. — “The firm improved staff **retention** by offering better benefits.”
* **disciplinary** /ˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri/: Relating to formal action taken by an employer when an employee has broken workplace rules. — “He received a written warning after a **disciplinary** meeting.”
* **grievance** /ˈɡrivəns/: A formal complaint made by an employee about their treatment at work. — “She raised a **grievance** about unfair treatment by her manager.”
* **remuneration** /rɪˌmjunərˈeɪʃən/: Payment given to somebody in return for the work they do. — “The role offers **remuneration** well above the market rate.”
* **increment** /ˈɪnkrəmənt/: A small, regular step up in pay that comes automatically with time served. — “Everyone gets a modest annual **increment** on their start date.”

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