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Herabgruppierung

English translation: reclassification to a lower position

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German term or phrase:Herabgruppierung
English translation:reclassification to a lower position
Entered by: Bhupali Gupte (X)

03:03 Mar 9, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: Herabgruppierung
Eingruppierung

Wie von der Geschäftsführung bereits im Vorfeld der Reorganisation zugesichert, finden im Zuge der Reorganisation keine Herabgruppierungen statt.

How would "Herabgruppierung" be translated here? And what would be "Höhergruppierung"?

Would smaller and larger groups be correct???

Thanks a lot...
Bhupali Gupte (X)
Local time: 09:10
subdividing
Explanation:
It means that no groups will be consolidated (rationalized) or subdivided (split up).

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Note added at 2002-03-09 03:14:53 (GMT)
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Actually, it\'s a little different - as the link below indicates, it means that nobody will be reclassified to a lower level (higher level for \"Höhergruppierung\").

http://www.tarifunion.dbb.de/lexikon/lexikon_h.htm
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msebold
Canada
Local time: 03:10
Grading comment
I don't quite know how to grade this one because all the information given was really very helpful. Thank you so much Michael, Chris, Sibyl and Klaus. Really appreciate it :-)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9downgrading
Chris Rowson (X)
5 +1subdividing
msebold
5we're talking money matters here!!
Sibyl Marquardt
4downsizing
gangels (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
subdividing


Explanation:
It means that no groups will be consolidated (rationalized) or subdivided (split up).

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Note added at 2002-03-09 03:14:53 (GMT)
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Actually, it\'s a little different - as the link below indicates, it means that nobody will be reclassified to a lower level (higher level for \"Höhergruppierung\").

http://www.tarifunion.dbb.de/lexikon/lexikon_h.htm

msebold
Canada
Local time: 03:10
PRO pts in pair: 283
Grading comment
I don't quite know how to grade this one because all the information given was really very helpful. Thank you so much Michael, Chris, Sibyl and Klaus. Really appreciate it :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  genaa (X): agree to note
21 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
downgrading


Explanation:
Although they are reorganising, the management said that nobody should be downgraded, i.e. demoted, moved to a lower rank.

See particularly point 8 of my second reference.

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Note added at 2002-03-09 03:37:08 (GMT)
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Höhergruppierung, in a similar context, would be upgrading or promotion.

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Note added at 2002-03-14 06:47:32 (GMT) Post-grading
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I´m sorry, but in English, this is \"downgrading\". Regarding Sybil´s comment, this is does indeed concern money: pay is also downgraded unless otherwise agreed.


    Reference: http://www.bundesarbeitsgericht.de/kurzberichte/02-02-21-zwe...
    Reference: http://www.hu-berlin.de/personalrat/praemie.htm
Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 768

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  genaa (X)
18 mins
agree  Roddy Stegemann: Very nice -- reclassification at a lower level.
33 mins
agree  Elisabeth Ghysels
7 hrs
agree  Wynona Kaspar
8 hrs
agree  Bob Kerns (X)
11 hrs
agree  ingot
12 hrs
agree  brute (X)
14 hrs
agree  Steffen Pollex (X)
1 day 8 hrs
agree  Robin Ward: Sounds right to me.
2 days 6 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
downsizing


Explanation:
would be the word of notoriety.

The opposite is upsizing, not wrong, but in little use. The talk is then about "beefing up staff levels" or just "increase hiring".

gangels (X)
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 5559
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2 days 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
we're talking money matters here!!


Explanation:
I don't quite agree with the answers given above, because whenever you talk about "Eingruppierung" in German, you're talking about a certain range of salary. There are several lists or groups of salaries in Germany, BAT being the most well-known. Then there's a range of jobs in the BAT1 area, in BAT2 and so on down to BAT7 or something. When you get a job, you're "eingruppiert".

So what they are promising is that there won't be any pay cuts even though there is a reorganisation and some of the jobs might not actually fulfill the requirements for a BATwhatever salary band anymore.

I'm not really sure how to TRANSLATE this (sorry, this is just an EXPLANATION) - but increase/decrease in salary might be the best way of putting it.

HTH
Sibyl

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Note added at 2002-03-11 08:36:16 (GMT)
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somehow my computer didn\'t show the other answers referring to pay before - I only saw the ones about group size that I disagree with. Sorry about that!


    been "eingruppiert" myself several times now. :-)
Sibyl Marquardt
Italy
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 24
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