lifetime employment
Job until retirement
Lifetime employment is a work arrangement where an employee remains with the same employer from hiring until retirement, with the implicit or explicit understanding that neither party will end the relationship.
The practice became closely associated with postwar Japanese corporations, where major companies offered permanent positions to core workers in exchange for loyalty and dedication.
Lifetime employment is becoming rarer even in Japan.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of job security more broadly: Nobody expects lifetime employment anymore.
- tenureProtected employment status
- job securityProtected employment status
- pension planRetirement savings arrangement
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
job for life · company loyalty · seniority · old guard · career · corporate ladder · retirement · gold watch · company man · dedication · stability · steady paycheck · paycheck · benefits · union · workplace · nine to five · steady
- Japanese businessToyota, Honda, Sony, Nissan, Mitsubishi
lifetime employmenttemporary employment
Limited-duration paid position
contract work · gig work · seasonal work · day labor · freelance work
lifetime employmentat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
job insecurity · precarity · zero-hour contract · unemployment · furlough
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