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What's the longest you've stayed in a job?

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Blackcat555 · 05/02/2025 18:21

I'm in my mid 30s, and apart from a 5-year job prior to and during uni, I've never stayed in a job for more than 2.5 years, average is 18 months. I have mostly moved for valid reasons, which were relocation, fixed term role, left to do my PGCE, left on promotion/higher wage etc.

Once or twice I've left as I was being bullied at the organisation and wasn't possible to move teams/organisation was very cliquey and I didn't fit in.

I'm at a point now where I just want to get established in something and stay in for at least a few years and work my way up.

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tinydynamine · 05/02/2025 18:23

25 years and counting in the same job, almost 33 years in the profession.

Spongebobpatrick · 05/02/2025 18:23

I'm 35 and have worked since I was 15. The longest I have stayed somewhere is 6 years and I got two promotions in that time.

Blackcat555 · 05/02/2025 18:22

Pressed send too early.. I've got friends who've been in the same company since graduating and have just worked their way up, e.g. NHS band 7 or 8 now, and I just feel embarrassed next to them in a way.

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