# How long have you been at your current job? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988 "2008-01-10T16:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/61 "2008-01-11T16:22:13Z")
15 years, 6 months, 25 days. Same job but the company and has been sold and changed names five times. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/62 "2008-01-11T16:41:39Z")
10 years as of Feb. 2, 2008. I was a contractor here for a year before that. Previous job, 8+ years. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/63 "2008-01-11T16:47:37Z")
Been here over 25 years now. Full retirement in about 5 years (knock on wood). I’m 43 now. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/64 "2008-01-11T22:56:10Z")
About 1.5 years, university admin, and I started getting fed up about 4 months in. Bennies are really good, though, and sadly it’s a lot better than my last job, which also lasted about 1.5. If I get my way it won’t get to 2. I’m 25 and in an upgrade seeking phase. I also can’t help but get really annoyed at hierarchical BS and inefficiency, so I think most jobs of the same nature will piss me off after a while. But they’re so…salaried! And I don’t have to take them home with me or do overtime, so I have time for my personal business. I like to work hard and have pretty varied skills, though, so If things go well I can keep upgrading until either I find a BS-free job that makes me happy, or I can become self-employed with enough of an income. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/65 "2008-01-12T02:45:11Z")
Sixteen days short of seven years. On November 2 of this year I will have worked at this job longer than any other. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/66 "2008-01-12T07:53:05Z")
5 years, 3 months I REALLY need to get out of there!!! ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/67 "2008-01-12T11:12:38Z")
4 years and 2 days… tsfr ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/68 "2008-01-12T21:32:56Z")
15 years 4 months at the same company. Nearly unheard fo for IT. When I was hired I had just given up looking for jobs in physics, the field of my degree. I figured I’d last no more than two months at this little computer company. Glad to be wrong on that one! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988/69 "2008-01-12T21:50:33Z")
[QUOTE=Typo Knig] … Nearly unheard **fo** for IT. [/QUOTE] In case you were wondering why I chose my Doper name, that should have been “unheard **of** ”. Missed the edit window. D’Oh! :smack: And most of what I do now is documentation. For clients. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-at-your-current-job/432988.md?page=3)