Most Christians face pressures in the workplace, and there is no doubt that the threat of unemployment is one of the greatest stresses.
Job security is not what it was. Though recent unemployment figures are falling, in the present economic climate, many firms find that their futures are far from secure.
Margins are squeezed and however responsive the workforce, the need for ever-increasing productivity cannot always be met. Often the only solution appears to be rationalisation and cutback (if not closure), with many losing their jobs. In such situations, not even the longest-serving, most diligent and trustworthy workers are secure. When you add to that the fact that the stresses of ever-increasing demands in the workplace will force many into a situation in which they have no choice but to pack in their job or take early retirement, the concept of a 'job for life' seems to have become largely an illusion.
