Average length of employment at 80 major firms rises

The average length of service of employees at 80 major Korean companies has increased in the past five years despite frequent job changes among young workers and retirement programs for senior workers, a corporate data tracker said Wednesday. In its survey of 80 companies that released data on their employees' average years of service for the 2020-2024 period, CEO Score found the workers' average length of service rose to 14.03 years in 2024 from 13.55 years in 2020. The 80 firms belong to the country's top 100 companies in terms of sales. The average period of employment for female workers jumped to 12.94 years from 11.38 years over the cited period, while that of male employees climbed to 14.41 years from 14.29 years, the data firm said. SK Networks, an information technology (IT) solutions unit under SK Group, reported the sharpest growth in the employment period, with it increasing to 13.92 years in 2024 from 9.05 years in 2020. In contrast, leading automaker Hyundai Motor saw its workers' years of service fall by the most, dropping to 15.8 years from 18.8 years. In 2024, topped others