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ESLPod_0528_WE_0731 Negotiating Salary In this podcast, the word "ceiling" means the maximum limit, or the highest or biggest something can be: "The city government has a spending ceiling of $385,000 for improvements to city parks." Normally a "ceiling" is the top, inside part of a room: "Are you going to paint the bathroom ceiling, too, or just the walls?" The phrase "glass ceiling" refers to the way that many women and racial minorities can't get jobs in management, even though they work very hard and have good educations, but instead just have to look up at the white males who lead most organizations: "Why didn't Lucille get the job? Was Peter really better qualified, or was it just another example of the company's glass ceiling?"

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ESLPod 528 ceiling Business

Id	ESLPod_0528_WE_0731
Episode Id	ESLPod 528
Episode Title	Negotiating Salary
Phrase	ceiling
Text	In this podcast, the word "ceiling" means the maximum limit, or the highest or biggest something can be: "The city government has a spending ceiling of $385,000 for improvements to city parks." Normally a "ceiling" is the top, inside part of a room: "Are you going to paint the bathroom ceiling, too, or just the walls?" The phrase "glass ceiling" refers to the way that many women and racial minorities can't get jobs in management, even though they work very hard and have good educations, but instead just have to look up at the white males who lead most organizations: "Why didn't Lucille get the job? Was Peter really better qualified, or was it just another example of the company's glass ceiling?"
Topics	Business

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