Job rotation


Job rotation is a technique used by some employers to rotate their employees' assigned jobs throughout their employment. Research indicates that job rotation enables cost savings.

Job rotation in action

[Mazda [Motor Corporation|Toyo Kogyo Company]]

Toyo Kogyo Company produces Mazda automobiles. Toyo Kogyo has been practicing job rotation for over 20 years as a direct result of the oil embargo of the 1960s. Toyo looked to job rotation to fill gaps in experience due to the cutbacks needed during a downturn in the economy.

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Intel Corporation now uses job rotation as a means to fill temporary positions from within their own organization. These assignments are meant to rein in restless workers as well as giving opportunities to employees to learn new technologies and strategies that they may not have been familiar with before. Many employees who experience this form of job rotation are given looks into fields that may be foreign letting them have a greater understanding of the company as a whole.

[Virgin America]

Virgin America has experimented with a one-year employee exchange program with Virgin Australia. The two companies traded flight attendants between each other.

[Unilever]

Unilever now enables job rotation for its employees.