Meaning of rug ranking | Babel Free

Definitions

The practice of setting a secretary's pay in proportion to the status of the person the secretary works for.

Canada, colloquial, uncountable

Examples

“But it was found during the course of this study that many middle-sized and small corporations had never heard of rug-ranking (while practicing it) or were convinced that it was strictly a Public Service concern.”

“It created an impression among staff members that they were not trusted. In assigning individual offices, “rug-ranking” was fairly obvious.”

CEFR level