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Job Security - College Term Paper

Job Security

AND THE PERSEPTIONS OF THE COMMON WORKER
As was the thinking many years ago, if a proverbial horse was too get sick, the farmer would simply get a new horse. Every American worker lives with the fear of being that horse. The fear that they can be easily replaced by another worker, or nowadays, replaced with what is referred to as capitol. As times change and technology progresses, the horse is no longer the only one fearing job loss. In fact, the farmer himself is beginning to have his doubts.
The fact of the matter is, that workers have less to fear than they are willing to admit. A person has to remember that if one worker is fired, then a new worker must take his place. This is ...

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to show more stability on an overall level.
As far a firing are concerned there has been slow steady increase, while at the same time layoffs are multiplying. Although they are not as high as they have been in the past. This is not to say that the larger numbers of workers losing their jobs is a sign of a dip in job security. One must realize that these losses affect only a small number of the 125-million workers out there. And then about 75 percent of those fired workers end up getting new jobs.

At this point the fear is that a fired worker is no longer capable of entering a job as good as the one he left. This is of coarse this is going to be true. Whenever a job is left, the worker looses the seniority and experience specific to his job environment when he moves to a completely new environment and new people. The next question then deals with the issue of pay. It is very unlikely to find a replacement job that pays the same as the job left behind. The fact is ...

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Added: 4/12/2004 05:29:50 PM
Category: Miscellaneous
Type: Free Paper
Words: 670
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