(はいちてんかん)

はいちてんかん
noun, suru-verb
job transfer; reassignment
1. job transfer; reassignment; redeployment
the transfer of an employee to a different position, department, or location within the same company
配置転換(はいちてんかん)になる。
Be transferred to a different position.
営業部(えいぎょうぶ)から企画部(きかくぶ)配置転換(はいちてんかん)された。
I was transferred from the sales department to the planning department.
会社(かいしゃ)都合(つごう)突然(とつぜん)配置転換(はいちてんかん)(めい)じられた。
I was suddenly ordered to transfer due to company circumstances.

JAPANESE EMPLOYMENT:
配置転換(はいちてんかん) is common in Japanese companies, especially those with lifetime employment practices.

TYPES:

  • 部署異動(ぶしょいどう) - department transfer
  • 転勤(てんきん) - transfer to another location
  • 出向(しゅっこう) - secondment to another company

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 配置転換(はいちてんかん)(めい)じる - order a transfer
  • 配置転換(はいちてんかん)になる - be transferred
  • 配置転換(はいちてんかん)希望(きぼう)する - request a transfer

ABBREVIATION:
配転(はいてん) is sometimes used as a short form.

RELATED TERMS:

  • 人事異動(じんじいどう) - personnel changes
  • 転属(てんぞく) - transfer (military/organizational)