<p>20 years at the same job, even the same desk!</p>
<p>I’ve heard that the millenials will have an average of six careers. Not jobs, but that many career changes! This was from a generational presentation at an economic conference.</p>
<p>I have been with my current employer for a year and a half. I’m giving my notice to them tomorrow. It’s a toxic environment. Really toxic. Plus I’m getting a 21% raise, which shows how underpaid I have been.</p>
<p>Last employer: 17 years. Ironically, I changed careers and transferred within the same company. They were great to work for BUT there was no way to get more than a 2% raise without leaving or getting a promotion and you couldn’t get promotions more often than 5 years. They would change the pay range for your job title but not move you up within the range. At one point, I was making $.50 an hour more than an entry level person with 13 years experience in my field. THAT is why people move around. </p>
<p>Before that: 3 years
Before that: 2 years
Before that: 1 year</p>
<p>I hope to stay with my next employer until I can retire in 17-19 years. Each time I changed employers, I was able to get significant raises. This new job will be the first time I didn’t work in non-profit health care.</p>
<p>I’ve been with my company for 27 years, in this particular position for almost 2 years. I was 12 years in my prior position.</p>
<p>My company, huge, the only one of its kind in the US, has a big problem with their 5-year retention rate. What used to be a place where people retired from (if they got through the cyclical hire/layoff prevalent in the industry), is turning into a much shorter term employment for the millenials. It’s unfortunate as it is one of those places with a lot of opportunity,but it can take 5 years or more to “get” the business processes. There is little patience, little desire to work ones way up - more of a demand for promotion before paying ones dues. </p>
<p>I’ll be out in 5-7 years with a pension and a fully funded 401-K.</p>
<p>First ‘real job’: almost 4 months. Received undergrad degree May 2012. I am very thankful to have my present job which I enjoy very much.</p>
<p>Been with my current employer for 5.5 years (June 2007) after begging the boss for a job at 6AM one morning. Started at the VERY bottom cleaning gyms and moving equipment, paperwork, etc as well as other odd jobs. By that fall, I had moved up slightly still doing some of that but also supervising the gym on occasion. I think by Christmas of that year I was opening the gym some. Graduated from college in December of 2010 and worked part-time for the company in a professional position. Accepted a full-time job in the company in April of 2011 splitting my time between two facilities and a school. I did that for a little over 14 months before moving into my current position. This month marks 2 years being in a professional position.</p>
<p>Will be 23 years in February, there are many people with 25+ years of service at my company. We have a good mix of new employees along with all of us old-timers.</p>
<p>6.5 years with one of those on layoff due to the economy. Back and love my job. Never gave up hope that I’d be back :)</p>
<p>been in the same actual job, at the same primary customer location, a high tech company, for 14 yrs, but, have been an employee of now a fourth company. originally hired by same high tech company, but they outsourced our organization after 5 years. now with a health insurance company who is the vendor of our group. many changes, but for the most part seamless for me, other than background checks and change in benefits, never really had to “interview” or look for a new job. very fortunate about that. best part, I really like what I do, and have re-engaged with senior leadership and have wonderful new opportunities to design and conduct trainings, etc. reason to be resilient and remain hopeful when dealing with change…</p>
<p>Almost 19 years, and will stay here till I die or retire, whatever comes first (hoping it’s retirement, though).</p>
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<p>I was at my first job for one year. A consulting firm recruited me a
year later for a 50% increase in pay. A large hardware company
recruited me 1.25 years later for a 33% increase in pay. It was really
great in that I was exposed to a variety of companies and systems.</p>
<p>My son has been at his job for 10 months. He got his bonuses earlier
this month. We’re waiting to see what kind of raise he gets on his
anniversary. He could make more if he changed jobs but he’s in early
in important functions at the start of something that will grow
considerbly over the next couple of decades. It looks like he will
have the opportunity to work on stuff that can lead to patents too.
Do I sound a little jealous?</p>
<p>I’m advising him to take on as much as he can (he’s finishing up grad
school too) in the organization.</p>
<p>There are advantages to staying in a position for a while, especially
if you are young. If you need more money, though, it’s often better to
hop around.</p>
<p>We had the problem from the other side (employer) several years
ago. We worked a lot harder to look for people that we thought would
stick around for a while. It hasn’t been perfect but we have more
people recently that aren’t taking off after a year now.</p>
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<p>It’s tough for employers. You may have someone that’s promising and
you spend a fair amount of time and money training them knowing that
the can take that training and get more pay at another company. So we
have the situation where employers want people that already have the
skills to start working for them. You see all of these positions that
want three, five, ten years of experience. Sometimes on projects that
have only been around for a few years.</p>
<p>There can be other factors too - I have seen fit as an issue. You might
go to work at a large company and feel frustrated with process and
procedure and want to be able to work on projects where you can show your
stuff. Or you might feel that a startup environment is too crazy and you
want a more stable company so you don’t have to worry about looking for
a new job all the time.</p>
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<p>I think that this can be really hard to see when you are in your early
twenties.</p>
<p>I agree with the above</p>
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<p>5 1/2 years in my current job. Six years in the one before that, then 15, 2 and 4 1/2. I was unemployed for about 5 months between this job and my last (my choice, but I was able to negotiate severance pay). I’m 58, and I see myself working at a “real” job for the next 4-7 years; I hope it’s the job I have currently.</p>
<p>After that, I’ll transition to a different kind of work. My wife and I have been talking about starting a business.</p>
<p>H is retiring this year. He’ll be just shy of 45 years with the federal government! It was the first and only employer after he graduated from college. He has more seniority than anyone currently left at his workplace. Many long-timers are also retiring this year & others have retired many years ago.</p>
<p>H’s employer is working on hiring him back immediately after he retires – they have NO ONE with his skill set and knowledge that can do what he does and haven’t given him anyone to train. He told them he’s willing, on HIS terms–that he comes back as a federal employee and trains another federal employee, NOT a contractor for his status or that of whomever he trains.</p>
<p>I have been with my current employer for 5 years, which as long as I’ve been with any employer. My first job after law school, I held for 5 years, then held my second job for only a year before opting to be a SAHM raising my kids. Held sequential part-time jobs for 4 years each before starting this current part-time job. I enjoy working part-time and am glad to have the resources and flexibility to do so.</p>
<p>S was hired in Feb of his SR year. He started work about 12 months after graduation (they had to do security clearance). He’s been there now about 18 months and has a schedule of promotions and raises that he was hired with. So far, he hasn’t grumbled about his job much, so we think he’s OK with it. It is a federal position and there are training and continuing ed opportunities that we have encouraged him to persue as well. </p>
<p>D has just applied for a six month apprenticeship that would start when she finally graduates this spring. Will see how that goes. Otherwise, she’ll explore other options.</p>
<p>I’ve been working for the same hospital since graduating 30 yrs ago (varying between full time, part time/per diem) and DH has been at same hospital 35+ full time years. We are not alone as there are many long time employees where we work. I wonder if that is more usual in the health field vs business?</p>
<p>coskat, we have quite a few people at my work who are there 20+ years - there are 6 folks on my team and I am the baby with 7 yrs while they all have 25-30 each. I think my observation was more of the 20-30 something generations moving around a lot.</p>
<p>This question also depends on what is meant by “employer.” H has worked in many different parts of the federal government and his job has changed many many times, sometimes as often as every 6 months or less. </p>
<p>Also, many employees are not ABLE to remain at their employer because the company downsizes, layoffs, and/or other issues that make the employees have to find other employment. My friends have had that happen quite a bit in the largest HMO in our state–RNs with 20+ years experience have been laid off, even though they are seen as excellent.</p>
<p>this is true - and i know things happen and companies downsize or re-structure or whatever - but I mean people voluntarily moving from place to place every 9 months to a year. If i were spending months and months to train someone to get them up to speed and then have them leave with that knowledge elsewhere I’d be pretty upset!</p>
<p>28 years in two locations for the same company, 14 under the same manager (current one) doing the exact same job (software development and user experience).</p>
<p>Pizza Girl I wonder if you worked for my company. I’ve worked for the largest consumer goods company in the world for the last 5 years and love it.</p>
<p>It was 34 years last July at the same hospital, 3 positions: 2 years, 13 years, and now 19 years.
I did work at another hospital for 2 years in another city then relocated after getting married.
Plan to work about 8 more years; not sure I will physically have the stamina to last that long in this current position.</p>