I cannot even imagine spending 25 years working at one place.
Same.
...and my beloved grandboss is leaving! And I have to assume, looking to take my less-beloved boss with him. (He brought her here as well.) So we'll see what happens.
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 23, 2015 5:17:00 am PDT #1402 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea - Jul 23, 2015 5:23:49 am PDT #1403 of 30003
information libertarian
Since we're a library, a decent number of people start as student shelvers in high school or college, and turn it into a career.
You can retire with a full state pension at 30 years in. The whole pension system is set up so people with lives like my coworker do very well and can retire before 50, whereas those of us who move around are kind of screwed.
Gudanov - Jul 23, 2015 5:29:42 am PDT #1404 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
I've had five jobs and worked for nine companies, not counting any non-career jobs. I think it would be really hard to work for a single software company for 25 years.
msbelle - Jul 23, 2015 5:30:53 am PDT #1405 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
25 years wow.
I'll have worked a ttl of at least 21 different places. Many of those being times I had 2 jobs concurrently, occasionally 3. I have never worked anywhere more than 4 years. My current employer will probably end up being my longest.
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2015 5:32:07 am PDT #1406 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My longest job besides my current one was 3.5 years when I was living in Minneapolis.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 23, 2015 5:38:17 am PDT #1407 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
If you count the opera wardrobe work (not full time) I have been with my University for 20 years and I am also 42. I have been working since 15, and have only worked for 4 places (not counting one off costume or children' camp type places that were just for a couple of weeks here and there)
flea - Jul 23, 2015 5:45:49 am PDT #1408 of 30003
information libertarian
My paid jobs: teenaged babysitting miscellany, farm stand, paper route, Express at the mall, college guest house, college slide library, temp agency in DC (many many work locations), contract archaeologist, grad student, contract archaeologist, Looniversity, Uggaversity, local university, current job. Not counting volunteer stuff and archaeological field projects while a grad student. Longest duration: 6 years, Looniversity.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 23, 2015 5:48:58 am PDT #1409 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm coming up on 28 years with my company, though my title and the specific responsibilities of my job have changed over the years.
-t - Jul 23, 2015 6:20:18 am PDT #1410 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've been at my current job for two years and a month (or 4-5 months if you count the time I was temping), and I think it's the longest I've stayed with one employer. Counting the jobs I've had seems like it would be hard. I'd probably miss some.
I can guess why it happened, but Sophia's spoiler fonting is amusing me.
Connie Neil - Jul 23, 2015 6:29:41 am PDT #1411 of 30003
brillig
Longest job was 12 years, current job just passed 9 years. I'd be happy to be here till retirement--at which point I'll probably be a part-timer at Walmart or something. It's just as well I didn't become a librarian, those jobs are getting harder to find. My best jobs have come from being a nerd who can type fast.