線上緊接在你上面的那一個人
從畫面裡「往上看一格」的角度出發：這個意思回答的是「誰管我」。
noun · B2
The person one step above you at work who is in charge of the job you do. They give you your work, check how it is going, and are the first person you take a work problem to.
直屬主管
核心畫面
Picture a company drawn as a chart, with a line running down it. The work that earns the money runs along that line, and every person on it has a name in a box, with one box directly above them. A line manager is the person in the box above yours — close enough to hand you the work and check it, and standing on the same working line as you, not off to one side in a support office.
可以想成把公司畫成一張表，上面有一條由上往下的線。公司真正賺錢的工作就沿著這條線跑，線上每一格都是一個人，而每個人上…更多收起
可以想成把公司畫成一張表，上面有一條由上往下的線。公司真正賺錢的工作就沿著這條線跑，線上每一格都是一個人，而每個人上面都緊接著一格。你的 line manager，就是你上面那一格的人：近到可以把工作交給你、看你做得怎麼樣，而且跟你站在同一條工作線上，不是在旁邊的支援部門裡。這條線往上還會再接一格，所以你的主管上面通常也還有他的主管。Two branches
站在主要業務那條線上的主管
換個角度看同一張圖：不看上下，看左右——你是在那條主線上，還是在旁邊支援。
noun · C1
A manager who is in charge of the main work a company exists to do — making the product, selling it, serving the customers — rather than a manager in a support department.
直線部門主管