What is the longest time you have worked at the same company?

[IrishEyes]

I worked at a theater part time at night and on the weekends for five years while I went to school and worked at another job during the day.

[LiberalEsto]

1. I was a reporter at a NJ newspaper for 11 years. nt

[kentauros]

2. Two and a half years.

That may not seem like much, but in my field (drafting) it's a pretty good stretch (2006-2009.) Had the economy not imploded then, I'd probably still be working for them

[Loryn]

3. 19 years

Developmentally Disabled adults. Hated the elitist administration, loved the people.

[geardaddy]

4. 6 years.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Five years. My business.

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[progressoid]

6. 14 years. For myself.

Prior to that. 10 years for a guy that made teabaggers look sane.

[talkingmime]

7. Three years and seven months. IT work is a nasty career path.

It was also my favorite job. I was the head programmer for the database that tracked patients and their contacts. The patients were adults with acquired brain damage and the company served them well. I was in the corporate office so I didn't interact with the patients, but I did interact with the people who used the database. I actually had a real live office back then! Like with a door and everything. And I had two high school interns over the last summer I was there and I taught them Oracle and often worked from home sending in a FAX with their instructions for the day. They were both very talented and effective and the standing order was that if they finished the assignments early they were to study Oracle, Sun, and VMS so they would become even more proficient.

I miss that job. The company moved to Raleigh and I had no interest in relocating. It was also a short commute.

[warrior1]

8. 36 years.

Retired in 2010.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. 12 years.

Would have been longer but they moved my job to Atlanta and I didn't want to go there, so I retired.

[woodsprite]

10. 27 yrs

but I've moved around within - started out as technical secretary, moved to administrative assistant, the computer support, next to computer lab manager, now web design. Sooo, it wasn't 27 yrs of doing the exact same thing.

[Major Nikon]

11. 27 yrs

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. 16 years at the same immigration law office

in "New Chinatown", near Los Angeles. I was the only non-Chinese in the office and my boss was a Chinese lady attorney. After working as a associate attorney in half a dozen law offices this is the job I stuck with the longest time by far. My boss was more than fair, kind, and considerate and not only treated me like a friend but like a family member. We even talk on the phone now that I've retired due to health reasons.

As far as I'm concerned, working for a lady was great, without the posturing, inflated egotism, or assholery I had experienced while working for male attorneys.

And as far as I'm concerned, working for the Chinese was wonderful. I practically lived in China all day long for all those years as the clients, fellow employees, and boss were all Chinese. I also made trips to mainland China to see clients. I was never treated so well as I was in that Chinese law office.

[Fearless]

13. Six years

Loved the people, didn't mind the work, hated the compensation, was forced to look for something better paying.

[Wounded Bear]

14. 27 years....1977-2003

Survived two corporate mergers/takeovers, got downsized on the third.

Worked as a test technician, lead, supervisor, manufacturing engineer, design engineer, back to mfg engineer.

[benld74]

15. 30 years and still going,,,,

[graywarrior]

16. Mass Genital Hospital

7 years, mostly high or drunk.

[cliffordu]

18. rofl.

YOU are the best.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

17. Ten years. For a optical instrument company.

Aiding and abetting the MIC. Doh!

[Ikonoklast]

19. 26 years. Family-owned business. And for that one reason, I get pissed off when people start

talking about how sacred the Mom and Pop run businesses are in this country, when the fact is, many of them are run by incompetent sociopaths.

Thank God for my Union, it was the only thing keeping the owners from acting like tin-pot dictators.

[IcyPeas]

20. 2 9-years stints. present job 7 years

I seem to get the 9-year itch. It's getting close.

[LeftofObama]

21. 12 years.

Then a teabagging asshole became the plant manager and I said adios!

[SteveG]

22. I've been with my employer for the past 32+ years, I was with my previous employer

for 9 and a half years. I am in IT at a large university before that I was a History and Government teacher.

[Still Blue in PDX]

23. I've been with my employer for 39 years and 10 months.

I am not sure how long I've been in my current job. I think it is about 15 years.

[NewJeffCT]

24. 13 years

at a large insurance company from 1988 as a college intern, until 2001. I probably should have stuck around - I'd be going on 25 years there now, so would have a ton of vacation time built up.

(I got a pretty good raise to leave, but my salary's been all over the board since I left, so with an average annual increase of 3% and a couple of promotions in that 13 years, I'd likely be around the same salary-wise... I just don't have 25 years of service to put towards my vacation time.)

[Spike89]

25. 12 years and counting...a lifetime for an editor

I've had to change jobs within the company (moving from our magazine to the books group) but it is a comfortable palce to work most of the time.

[Callalily]

26. My current employer . . .

thirteen years in January!

[Agschmid]

27. 8 years, I graduated college only 5 years ago though...

So my whole time in the workforce.

[XRubicon]

28. 12 Years

[union_maid]

29. 10 years, where I am now

Before that it was almost 10 years when the company downsized and relocated what was left of it. Before that 5 years, but part time and before that I really don't remember how long at each place.

[smoopie]

30. 30 years

I worked for the Postal Service and retired at the end of January.

[Generic Brad]

31. 13 years at my current job

And I plan to hang in there another 19 years.

[Nikia]

32. Five years each at my two previous companies

At this company, its only been a year. I have been promoted and told that I am doing well. The company and location have had some challenges though so I hope that it will be possible to be there at least that long.