a pecking order

the order of importance of the people in a group or an organization There's a clearly established pecking order in this office.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pippin (1)	-	Ancient Germanic
Cecil	SEE-səl, SES-əl	English
Hedy	HE-dee (German), HAY-dee (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Atlas	['ætləs]
Bob	['bɔb]
Nazariy	-	Russian, Ukrainian