Meaning & use
job security
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UK/ˈdʒɒb sɪˌkjʊərəti/
US/ˈdʒɑːb sɪˌkjʊrəti/
Meaning
noununcountablebusiness
The assurance that you can keep your job and will not be fired or made redundant soon.
Grammar: Uncountable: no plural.
Patterns
- job security for someone
- worry about job security
Teachers often value job security over high pay.
The merger raised fears about job security.
He left a risky start-up for a job with more job security.
Common combinations
- lack job security
- Temporary workers often lack job security.
- worry about job security
- Employees worry about job security.
- offer job security
- The firm offers job security to all staff.
- threaten job security
- New machines may threaten job security.
- value job security
- Many families value job security.
Synonyms and how they differ
- employment stability
- Employment stability is more formal and often found in reports.
- tenure
- Tenure is a specific right, such as for university professors.
- steady work
- Steady work stresses regular hours more than protection from dismissal.
Word family
Commonly confused: job security or job safety?
job security vs job safety
Job safety refers to physical danger at work, not losing the job.
Practice
Which person has strong job security?
Choose one answer.
A permanent contract makes dismissal unlikely. The other situations are temporary or uncertain.
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