Longest Stint/Spell with one company ?
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Baconbutty wrote:
Sadly I didn't know that the people who owned and ran the company had about as much idea of how to run and respect an IT department as I do of simultaneously translating Serbo-Croat via Mandarin into Klingon while balancing a whale on my head.
Isn't that the same where ever you go? :)
Two heads are better than one.
In my experience no. Some management are pains in the rs. This lot were just rs-holes. Big difference to me. PITA - you just get on with it and mutter. R-H were just utter fkng idiots with no clue at all. They thought the higher they jumped up and down and threatened staff ther quicker it would be done - tossers.
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Because old people are discarded and are thought of as dinosaurs. Younger people of course are just so wonderful and have so much more experience than the people who have been around a long time, who have seen it all happen several times and aren't swayed by yet another Next Big Thing. Oh and younger people are cheaper to hire.
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Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer. Anyone top that ? (My longest spell with one company was 6 years)
25 Months! Doh! :omg:
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Because old people are discarded and are thought of as dinosaurs. Younger people of course are just so wonderful and have so much more experience than the people who have been around a long time, who have seen it all happen several times and aren't swayed by yet another Next Big Thing. Oh and younger people are cheaper to hire.
Baconbutty wrote:
Because old people are discarded and are thought of as dinosaurs.
Depends on you good you are and how well you keep your skill sets upto date. I'm in a positon where I'm working with WPF/Silverlight/.net 4/Visual Studio if you look around now, probably not many jobs, look again in 3 year and the picture will be different also I'll have the edge on any kiddie boy with my CV.
Two heads are better than one.
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25 Months! Doh! :omg:
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Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer. Anyone top that ? (My longest spell with one company was 6 years)
More than 20 years with the wife. :-D
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Current position might last to 26 months though (in month 25 atm)
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Current position might last to 26 months though (in month 25 atm)
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Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer. Anyone top that ? (My longest spell with one company was 6 years)
eslsys wrote:
Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer.
Yeah. What a disloyal B*stard!! :-D I wouldn't post it in his thread as he was obviously already upset at the thought of leaving all his coworkers.
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Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer. Anyone top that ? (My longest spell with one company was 6 years)
Just passed my 18 year mark hear. I've been a RF Engineer, system engineer, manager (until I wised up), and now, a software engineer.
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More than 20 years with the wife. :-D
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When you are placed in the ground. :)
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I got my 20 year service award in August 2009, and as part of this, i have been in the same oilfield (Forties, North Sea) for 18 years........ I am 37 now, and wonder when i will say no more offshore, every few years i start to get itchy feet, but i keep getting assigned to a different project and/or platform every few years, which means i get a change of scenery, usually each change comes with promotion and/or more responsibility (and money), so mustn't grumble. The only thing is that with offshore working, you are only working for 6 months of the year, the rest is time off, so to give all that leave up would be quite a change.
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Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer. Anyone top that ? (My longest spell with one company was 6 years)
I worked for my first real company for 16 years, then spent 9 years as a consultant. I later went to work for one of my best clients and was there for 3 years as a consultant and 9 years as an employee. It was a French company and I enjoyed it immensely. Now I've been back consulting for about a year and a half.
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Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer. Anyone top that ? (My longest spell with one company was 6 years)
I was laid off 6 days shy of 30 years (just before Christmas) Bean counters realized at 30 years I was entitled to free stock.
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I was laid off 6 days shy of 30 years (just before Christmas) Bean counters realized at 30 years I was entitled to free stock.
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Can they get away with that where you live/work ? Really disgraceful - thanks for all your years of committment and have a happy xMas !!!
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Rob Coldecott has posted here [^] about finishing up after 21 years with the same employer. Anyone top that ? (My longest spell with one company was 6 years)
When I owned my own business, though often didn't pay myself: 5 years, 4 months My current job: 3 years, 7 months Most other jobs are all around 2 years 6 months. Which is about the the time it takes the companies I work for to go bankrupt or lose so much money they have massive layoffs. Interestingly, that was about the schedule of my own company above with our primary product--it stayed around longer due to me using it for contracting.
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