What is your longest time at one job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every 3-5 years, not always by choice, got counseled out a couple of times. But now in a comfortable team lead job pulling 300k.

You are me.

[Anonymous]

I'm 39, and about 10 years. Have moved up in the company and almost tripled my salary. But we recently were bought out and its been a disaster so I'm jumping ship. My new job comes with a 40% increase in pay and I'm really wondering why I stayed at my old job so long.

[Anonymous]

40, longest stint is 6 years.

2 years - post college rotational type program
3 years law school
6 years BigLaw
5 years in house, company #1
1 year in house, company #2 (just started)

Total annual income projected at $275-300k.

Among my peers, I’m seen as someone who sticks around jobs for a long time.

I would have loved to stay at the same company for 30+ years, but that is not how things work anymore. If you’re not getting exceptional sponsorship and fast tracked to really great roles, you do have to “move out to move up.” During my last search, I definitely felt like I was beginning to feel the impact of age bias. And when I see that someone has been at the same place for more than 10 years, I often question how good they are. Sometimes long tenure = good. But sometimes long tenure = comfortable slacker, whose skills have atrophied.

[Anonymous]

I'm 54 and have been at my job 31 years.

[Anonymous]

10 years working for myself

[Anonymous]

47 and at my current job for 12 years, which is my longest. Had a couple one year stints pre law school, but knew those weren’t career jobs so jumped for more money. Worked at one big law for 7 years, then a 2 year pt interim gig after my son was born and I had post partum health issues. Then I’ve been at the same job since. First job out of college was $24k and currently make around $1.5m.

[Anonymous]

BTW the longest time at a job was just officially set on Long Island this year. A women who started at 14 at a job when she joined a catholic school at age 14 as a teacher, later became a nun at school
and continued as a teacher that school turned 104 this year and still works there.

She set a world record at 90 years at same job with same employer. Each year that number goes up as still working

[Anonymous]

Latest job 7 years but I feel it’s been too long. Promoted 3x. More than doubled my salary.

Last promotion 2 years ago and 6 months ago told I would be promoted by end of year but hiring freeze so who knows. If I get promoted again that’s basically it.

I think 7 years is too long honestly. I’m getting bored and putting out feelers/ networking/ applying to roles I would only take.

There has been vague talk of layoffs and I know I wouldn’t be laid off but one or two on my team might be (basically because their work would come back to me).

How are some of you dealing with this? I would like a new role, more $, but am concerned about potential layoffs. I worry if I stay longer I’ll be here basically forever. I have a lot of autonomy and get to travel, but this isn’t how I viewed my life.

I was in two other careers prior to this and this one fell into my lap and seemed like a good idea at the time. I viewed it as a max 3-4 year stint but once I was at 4 years I knew due to my work I was almost at that big promotion so stayed.

[Anonymous]

16 years at my last place. I’m hoping to do 10 at my current job and retire from here.

[Anonymous]

Slightly crazy. I have learned so much from each of my 5 jobs, I wouldn’t have grown nearly as much if I stayed where I was. Longest I’ve been at a job was 10 years. You also make way more money if you jump a few times.