Not many years ago people learned a trade and often had a job for life. The gold watch was given by the company for 30 or 40 years of service. Those days are gone.
Now it is rare for people to stay with one employer. Redundancies occur. Sometimes career changes are required. Even within a company there are probably new initiatives, personal development schemes, new skills, updated software systems to be grappled with.
Professions like teaching or nursing have changed radically over the last 15 years with the introduction of targets to be met. Pay increases in the public sector go hand in hand with modernisation of working practices. It all means change.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …