lifetime job
Career until retirement
A lifetime job is employment expected to last until retirement, offering long-term security rather than temporary or contract work.
The concept is associated with certain professions—tenured professors, government workers, some corporate positions in Japan—where dismissal is rare and loyalty is mutual.
He treated his position at the firm as a lifetime job.
The phrase often carries nostalgic or skeptical undertones, as such arrangements have become less common.
- tenureProtected employment status
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- permanentFixed without end
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- cradle to graveEntire span of existence
enduring · employment · vocation · job security · steady paycheck · profession · retirement benefits · gold watch · occupation · stability · labor unions · work ethic · industrial economy · nine to five · organizational hierarchy · climbing the ladder · corner office · engagement
lifetime jobcontract work
Temporary hired employment
seasonal work · day labor · project-based work · gig · per diem work
lifetime jobat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
zero-hour contract · casual labor · freelance work · dead-end job · on-call work
lifetime jobgig work
Independent, temporary task employment
freelancing · self-employment · consulting · side hustle · piece work
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