1.
assignment; placement
The act of assigning someone to a particular department, location, or position within an organization.
営業部に配属された。
I was assigned to the sales department.
新入社員の配属が決まった。
The assignments for new employees have been decided.
配属先は希望どおりになった。
My assignment turned out to be what I had hoped for.
COMPONENTS:
配 (to distribute, to assign) + 属 (to belong to)
JAPANESE CORPORATE CULTURE:
In Japanese companies, new graduates (新卒) are often hired through mass recruitment and then assigned (配属) to different departments. This assignment is often made by the company rather than by the employee's choice.
RELATED TERMS:
- 異動: job transfer, personnel change
- 転勤: relocation, transfer to another office
- 人事: personnel, HR
- 部署: department
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ～に配属される: to be assigned to ~
- 配属先: place of assignment
- 配属が決まる: assignment is decided
- 初期配属: initial assignment
REGISTER:
Formal. Standard workplace vocabulary.