Sentences with phrase «offer less job security»

Holiday camps and the outdoor pursuits industry are the only areas of employment which offer less job security than postdoctoral research, claimed David Triesman, general secretary of the Association of University Teachers (AUT).

Not exact matches

A narrow plurality of offerors (49 percent) say the On - Demand economy should not be regulated and companies should compete to offer workers fair pay and benefits, even if it means less security, compared to 40 percent who say the government should regulate the sharing economy to guarantee independent contractors the same benefits afforded to full - time workers, even if it means fewer jobs.

I have a yearly contract, so I have less job security than tenure offers — though this doesn't worry me because in reality I can stay as long as I, with the help of my team, continue to secure funding for my research.

Moreover, as with defending job security as a cheaper way to attract decent teachers, defined - benefit pension plans have big downsides with hidden costs: They make it unappealing for a talented person to work as a teacher for just part of a career, make it hard for teachers to move around, offer huge bonuses to older teachers who don't add any special value, etc. (And this is all viewing education in isolation — committing future taxpayers to pay for pensions teachers are earning now is going to mean spending less on other priorities in the future.

Each of these five professions offers extraordinary job security, along with educational and training requirements far less strenuous than the ones imposed upon doctors.