What term would I use to describe the act of “jumping” over a person’s position who has held office longer or in a higher position than oneself.
e.g: Being promoted to become the boss that my current boss reports to.
Basically I get the opportunity to move up the rank that my own boss (who has held his post longer than myself) would have been up for, hence skipping him as he now reports to me not the other way around.
I hope that made sense.
It sounds as though such a person is about to leapfrog over his superior and land a corporate position in which his erstwhile superior/boss has now become his subordinate or underling.
leapfrog: to go straight from a job or position that was lower in status than someone's to one that is higher than theirs (Macmillan Dictionary).
I would describe this as "leap-frogging."
"Leap-frog" is a childhood game.
- A boys' game in which one player places his hands upon the bent back or shoulders of another and leaps or vaults over him. Also, a jump or leap of this description. (OED)
Merriam-Webster has a better example of this metaphorical usage:
Skipping his last two years of high school, he leapfrogged his classmates and went to college.
I would simply say "I was promoted above my boss."
You can say the same thing for any promotion, really. "I was promoted above my co-workers" for a single step up. The reference to "my boss" implies that you've moved up two steps rather than just one, and that your former boss is now your subordinate.
