Tag: above your pay grade

  • Above your pay grade

    Above your pay grade

    Phrase: Above your pay grade Humans, both on a group and individual level, like to think we are all-knowing and all-powerful. However, there is a hierarchy of knowledge and authority that governs what we can and cannot do. When someone says that something is above their pay grade, they admit they lack the power, knowledge,…

  • Out of your hands

    Out of your hands

    Phrase: Out of your hands Most of us do not sit at the top of the food chain when it comes to our workplaces. Full disclosure here: I sit at the top of my workplace because I am self-employed and the only one working. I also simultaneously sit at the bottom. As I was going…