Term for the person to whom an employee directly reports [closed]

Solution 1:

I don't recognize "direct manager" the way I do "direct reports". I would say "immediate superior" or "immediate manager". "Immediate supervisor" works as well, but I would only use that for low-level employees that do not have direct reports themselves (I do not think it is correct to apply the term supervisor to, say, a senior vice president who has five direct reports and two thousand indirect reports).

I do not, however, speak from great personal experience in an American or English company. No real authoritative references, but some forums: PROZ, YAHOO.

As an aside that may interest people, the French usual term is "N+1". Your "N+2" is logically your "boss's boss". People looking to translate that don't have any other ideas that I see: WR. French also has the noun "responsable", which unfortunately does not translate directly to English.