A fork of Rural Dictionary
A polite way of saying that an event or action may: a) Cause an employee to experience a wealth of bad internal or external PR that could limit future promotion opportunities. and/or: b) Cause the employee to get fired. This definition can also be used playfully amongst colleagues suggest how unfavourable a certain option may be or the relevant risk involved.
"I'll back up that computer before I run that update on Jim's computer, accidentally breaking the CEOs computer could be *potentially* career limiting." "I agree, stalking that cute girl from HR might possibly be career limiting."
noun. An act by an individual, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that will most likely limit one's upward career potential.
John's coffee room chatter criticizing the company was overheard by upper management and quickly became a career limiting maneuver.
When you're at a business meal, and you order WAY too much food (kind of on accident), giving the appearance that you're wasteful, frivolous, and care nothing about those who are less fortunate.
Did you hear what Dan said in that meeting? That was some serious Career Limiting Brisket
Something that you do at work, that will get you fired, or end your career very soon.
Nick made a CLM when he told his boss he hated the look of the new application.
Saying or doing something at work to a superior that will likely result in the termination of your employment.
Coco hung pictures of her superior Adam around her desktop and dressed the images with different headwear. -Example of CLM: Career Limiting Move at Uber
Career Limiting Move - Saying something at work to a superior that will likely result in the termination of your employment
Shannon told her boss' boss that she was bad at math, in a public forum - This is a CLM: Career Limiting Move
An action that won't necessarily get you "fired", but will create a self-imposed cap on your future. An unforced error that leads to the demise of your potential. Similar to black-listing; this is the move that causes you to get silently blacklisted. You're not necessarily gonna get fired, but, you're going to be wondering later on "why do I keep getting passed over for that promotion"? That CLM you made- that's why.
CLM (Career Limiting Move) Oof, Tom getting hammered and belligerently trash-talking management, puking into garbage can at the company party... real CLM move. His co-workers like him, but management has no respect for him, and have privately said they would never work with him after the incident. ----- John, you work at a profit-taking hedge fund. You going well out of your way to make your socialist stance crystal clear to management... you're never going to get promoted to manager. CLM. Don't do it, please. Find another way.