A meeting between an employee and their manager's manager, skipping the direct boss.
A meeting between an employee and their manager's manager, skipping the direct boss. Used to surface issues, get visibility, or report on the boss. Often awkward.
I've got a skip-level with the VP next week — debating how honest to be.
Skip-level means: A meeting between an employee and their manager's manager, skipping the direct boss. Used to surface issues, get visibility, or report on the boss. Often awkward.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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(US) To skip to the head of a queue without waiting for one's turn.
To learn new skills — especially ones your employer wants you to have. HR-speak that now appears unironically in resumes. "AI upskilling workshops" are the 2025 office sacrament: mandatory, vague, potentially useful, definitely photographed for the LinkedIn post.
(mildly, vulgar, slang) Expressing approval or excitement.
(British) A commercial vehicle, fitted with a hydraulic hoist, which delivers skips (for rubble, waste and general rubbish) to customers, and collects them once they have been filled for emptying at a landfill site.
Skip-level means: A meeting between an employee and their manager's manager, skipping the direct boss. Used to surface issues, get visibility, or report on the boss. Often awkward.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
skip-level means: A meeting between an employee and their manager's manager, skipping the direct boss. Used to surface issues, get visibility, or report on the boss. Often awkward.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(mildly, vulgar, slang) Expressing strong agreement.