Like a fuzzy blanket
Job security. The phrase is often used, and until recently I didn't think much of it. But job security is a big deal. Knowing that you won't be laid off or fired can make a job much less stressful. How many of you feel you're secure in your position? Do you picture yourself at the same job in years to come?
I feel secure in my job, even knowing there are layoffs in other areas of the newspaper. Also, I feel I contribute enough to make myself an asset to the paper, and in that I also feel secure. This may be naive, but I see this as an industry I'll stay in, through the good and bad times. And it may be we young'uns are starting out in a bad time, moneywise. I don't think this is unique to newspapers, but I don't really know. Are magazines, television and radio facing the same challenges?
And at your job - is security something you think about often? Do you feel your job is at risk or are you comforted by the work you do?