so... why is long-term employment at one employer a good thing?<p>I think this is an important thing to think about, because labor has been fighting for rules to get companies to reduce turnover for a long time, and I&#x27;m not sure that is in the interest of laborers as a whole.<p>I certainly agree that employment is very important (especially under our current economic system... but personally, I think that having a job might be important even when you don&#x27;t need to fear for your food.) - I think that lowering the unemployment rate is one of the most important things we can do for the happiness and health of our society, certainly as long as we use our current economic system.<p>but... I don&#x27;t see why that means you should work at the same place forever.    As is common in my industry, I jump around rather a lot;   I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve worked at a company I didn&#x27;t own for more than five years (and five years was about the max I worked full time at my own company, rather than contracting myself out for venture capital)<p>In fact, I&#x27;d argue that greater job mobility gives the worker <i>more</i> power not less... the coercive power of the capitalist boss only exists if you think that after getting fired from this job you can&#x27;t get another job.     I would argue that workers as a whole would be better off at a same total level of unemployment, if changing jobs was easier, not harder.