pp. Renaming a job with a grandiose or inflated title; giving an employee a more senior job title in lieu of a pay raise.
2014
How about "uptitling"? There’s no such thing as stewardess anymore; there’s a flight attendant. A secretary is an administrative professional. That sub is now a guest teacher.
2008
Have you been uptitled recently? …
From a financial perspective, uptitling is appealing to employers, as rather than having to increase somebody’s pay, all they have to do is get a new set of business cards printed out, if at all.
From a financial perspective, uptitling is appealing to employers, as rather than having to increase somebody’s pay, all they have to do is get a new set of business cards printed out, if at all.
2002 (earliest)
Workers are being given elaborate new job titles instead of pay rises, said a new report yesterday.
A lavatory cleaner became a technical sanitation assistant while a window cleaner changed to an optical illuminator enhancer, researchers found.
Firms are using the so-called "uptitling" to motivate and retain staff when budgets are tight.
A lavatory cleaner became a technical sanitation assistant while a window cleaner changed to an optical illuminator enhancer, researchers found.
Firms are using the so-called "uptitling" to motivate and retain staff when budgets are tight.