What is Job Security?

Working from 8 am to 5 pm is the job security? No no no, look at the latest retrenchment at Intel. How can this be true? The concept for become an employee has job security is no longer true. It is not secure to work for someone. As long as you put your financial future to somebody else, you’re in great danger. How long could you last if your 8 am to 5 pm job income has stopped? Will your saving enough to support you until you find another job? Will your family affected?

If you’re fresh grad, you probably won’t need to worry this as you have less commitments and your market value is still high. What if you are already 5-10 years of experiences and you get retrenched? Do you still have market value? What makes a company to hire you for $8K but and fresh grad just costs $3K. So if you want to stay employed and work for someone forever in your life, please make sure you have market value or make yourself a valuable asset to the company. Unless the company bankrupt, else they will not lay off their most valuable assets. Happy Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday!