The price of moving up an rung on the career ladder is too high for most people.

在职场中要升一级的代价不是一般人能付得起的。

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And with cuts being applied, they're finding that their organisations are losing knowledge and experience, without giving space to young talent moving up the career ladder.

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In Delphine's case, that meant starting her career working with John Galliano on his own brand, before moving up the ladder at Dior, which Galliano also designed.

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