On the job .

[cardinal28]

"Seen a lot of workers come and go and enjoyed company of some realy great co-workers , Saw off a couple of CEO'S and numerous managers, seen a hell of a lot of inept  Brown toungue types rise swiftly to positions of authority.
Endured the dismantling of  motivated core staff  to a skeleton staff and an ocean of disposable uninterested newbies.
But all in all its kept us fed and housed all this time though not without injury .."

Coming up to 25 years with exactly the same comments.

[Proudy]

Coming up on 21 years going away to sea. Have done nothing else since I left school.

[austastar]

Hi,
   Started at the Uni when I was 24, retired when I was 64.


Quite a ride from hand processing glass plates to Photoshop; 16mm film to 1" reel-to-reel B&W video to digital video; index cards to computers etc.


Retirement is very pleasant.


cheers

[l0ckym]

Lino6 - Your employer sounds like a champ 

It is refreshing to see people sticking with a job for a long time. Often these days people will change jobs for an extra dollar or 2 without considering what its like to work at the place. Better the devil you know I reckon!

Speaking as a Gen X/Y Information Worker (i.e. I'm crap with my hands)..often there aren't the opportunities to stay with employers long term in the information/finance spaces.  They change on 2-3 year cycles with centralisation, then de-centralisation which makes staying long term not really an option.  I mean I could stay, but be stuck on the same wage and conditions for long periods of time, and not necessarily developing my career or gaining new skills - just some experience in specific areas.  In IT, if you are the ducks guts in a specific technical area - more often than not - that technical area is superseded - and you're left holding the baby...You need to do your own training and qualifications to stay current - then dodge the redundancies every couple of years, whilst they bring muppets in from the US or UK to take the plum management roles - with no real intent to develop local employees in succession planning..

Often the Gen Y/X's get the rough end of the stick - and whilst there has already been discussions on this site, and others on what a bunch of lazy sods we are  - I don't think the ratio of bludgers is any higher or lower than any other generation..but we've had that discussion....back on thread...

I'm 3years, 2years, 2years, 7years (although 5 separate, very different roles in those 7 years for different business segments of a multinational).

I'm not sure "Job for Life" really exists any more, with manufacturing issues here in Oz, outsourcing, 473 visa's etc..

[robbo1172]

Probably about 12 years total with my current employer

About 2 yrs then 8 months off work crook

Another 10 months then 5 1/2 years off crook

Another 7 yrs then left for 2 yrs to gain experience that wasn't available for me there

Came back as an engineer and have been there for another 2yrs and hope to be there for a lot longer yet...

[fuji]

Graduated from the Academy in 89 and still with VicPolice. So 25 years in March. Currently working with detectives and not the usual role of Highway Patrol.

[KingBilly]

23 years in June

KB

[oldmate]

My wife is 20 years in November at her job.

[edz]

Well there seems to be quite a lot of LIFER'S out there in work land, well done guys and girls, Now lets see if I can make it to the Silver Anniversery ...
Or will it be time to do something along the lines of a "  Mid life Gap year off  " to work it out as a lot are doing atm .

[4runnernomore]

25 years in March with DoD.

Ups and downs, can't complain too much.  Have seen most of Australia for variance work reasons including long distance road travel ( gotta luv those convoys) and been overseas for work.

How much longer I stay is up in the air but only wish both my wife and I stayed with DFRD instead of changing too MSBS (super schemes)

Cheers, Chris 

[evans52]

Good form to all the long timers.

Up until 2009 I had been in the same Industry for about 8 years working my way from the bottom with "a view" to go further. Then had a crack at being a Stay At Home Dad for 4 months with our Son (best job in the world), then had 13 jobs in 3 years trying to find the "right one". Found it in November 2012, 6 months after my Wife got a promotion with work and we moved 250km to the Mid-North of SA. So for me, 1 year and 2 months of not once waking up and thinking "I hate my job". And I can't see that happening any time soon.

[DropBearRacing]

7 years in my first job.  Career/life change, now this March 19 will be 15 years with my current employer, 24 years left until retirement age  (65).  I can't see myself leaving this job.

[Yimmy]

14 years in oil/gas working for a great company ... Until a corporate merger to make the biggest company in the world at the time

152000 employees 3 years later 90000 employees,beware of a company that shoots employees first and asks question second

Made a tree change and changed industry's 4 years with another corporate American company until I shifted to a local family owned company

7 years in enjoying my time, every day has its moments, love where I live, enjoy that my boss owns the company, learning to deal with the crap that every job has.

16 years to go until retirement, not sure if I want the pressure that comes with job for that long but hey life leads you where it does 

Jim

[Landyline]

4 years with my current employer. However there have been about 5 positions in that time in two different locations.
That is my record with the one employer. Previously it was 18 months.

I'm ready for a change though. I have wanted this position for a while but as it turns out the grass isn't greener on this side.