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

[Blackcat555]

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.

8yrs, then 4 and now 3 yrs in my current job.

7,13,3.

I’m 45 and have been with my employer 14 years. Worked up from bottom to area manager. I really like it there and hope to stay much longer.

6 months, 12 years, 18 months & now 15 years!

Longest was 15 years in the same place. I only left cos a new boss started and he was a complete twonk.

34 years when I retired at 58. I worked for my LA. Had a couple of promotions and had 13 different roles over the years

I'm 38 and the longest is almost 5 years. I would say my average is 2.5 years. Always left for a better job.

Have been at my current job 2.5 years, happy with pay and role, have 2 small children now. So will be staying but for the next few years.

12 years and counting with my employer, although I've had 4 jobs in that time. Job 1 was 5 years, job 2 was 6 months, job 3 was 4 years 10 months, job 4 is coming up to 2 years.

26 years. But i have moved roles and locations within the company about 10 times. Love my job and wont leave until i retire and fingers crossed get redundancy!

Comparison is the thief of joy
Stop comparing, everyone/every situation is different. The longest I've stayed in a job is 9 years, the shortest was ten months

11 years but did have a few maternity leaves!

3 years, my average is more like 2 years though. Successful career, it's only been a benefit, I think it's an old fashioned view that loyalty to a company proves value in a person. In my experience I prefer varied experience, and it's enabled me to progress very quickly up the ladder so to speak.

Slightly under 11 years. I was made redundant due to the place closing down. I am pretty much five years out and am still amazed that I no longer work in a toxic environment and that I don't feel sick going to work anymore.

I'm 47. Stayed with my first employer for 11 years but had 3 jobs in that time which involved a promotion. Current employer now at 13 years but again done many jobs in that time which has also involved promotion. I feel loyal to my employer and could happily stick with them until retirement. But to get a decent pay rise I'd need to move elsewhere.

Unless you are in a government role (I am guessing that the salaries are banded there), the smartest way to get career and salary progression is to jump diagonally on a pay scale between jobs. I'm C suite at a company but have had roughly 4 year, 2 year 3 year, 3 year, 3 year jobs since graduating and now i'm back at 4 year. Each job has brought entirely different skills and knowledge in my field and I couldn't do the job I have now nearly as well without all of them combined. No shame in jumping jobs at all, at least you are employed!

Since I started work at 20 I did 6 months/6 months/ 3 years / 3 years - and then 11 years, 14 years and now 5 years. This seems like a lot of years and maybe is why I am tired 😄, So 14 years is top one - I was made redundant and did reasonably well out of that, plus started a new job the following Monday. I met DH for the first time in job 1 though we didn't get together for years after. Our dd is now 20, and this quite freaks me out when I think about it.

I'm 32, stayed with last company in a couple of roles for nearly 12 years. Recently left the company and hate new job so this one might be only 6 months haha

7, 4, 11 2, 7 years (returned to my third employer after living abroad), all in the same profession. Never regretted any moves - change has been good for me, as I get bored. Now retired (probably).

Unless you are in a government role (I am guessing that the salaries are banded there), the smartest way to get career and salary progression is to jump diagonally on a pay scale between jobs.

It's the same in government, more so arguably because civil service doesn't do pay progression (except some devolved areas) it can be hard going upwards internally, nigh on impossible to get a pay raise, so you jump ship to another org on a higher grade. It's not great for the civil service I have to say, we're seeing grade inflation and perhaps some people promoted too soon. But on an individual level it makes sense.

A couple of 5 year roles and then a few shorter. In marketing and I think moving to keep fresh, broaden experience and knowledge, move up in my career and earn more has been beneficial.

Agree. My friend who is 38 has job hopped loads but earns a fortune and has worked her way up

I've never stayed in a job for longer than 6 years. I think millennials and younger do things differently now. Times have massively changed. Work conditions and pay can be shit - and getting a “Good” job doesn’t set you
up like it used to

I’ve had one job since leaving school 37 years ago!

I am a similar age (mid-late 30s), and what I see in my friendship group is a bit of split, there are a bunch of us (often working in academia or third sector) who have moved between jobs a lot, been on multiple fixed term contracts, sometimes gone back to university to retrain, etc. In my case, the longest job I have had (if you count it as a job) is the 3.5 years I spent doing my PhD. The other half got good, stable jobs (mostly in engineering, or public sector) pretty much straight out of university. Interestingly, in the latter group there are quite a few who are now thinking of throwing the towel in and doing something completely different because they are bored and/or disillusioned.

It was 9 years and 11 months, until this one, which is currently 10 years and 6 months.

It's close to home, quite a unique role in my profession, and I am hoping to retire in 4 or 5 years. So this will probably do me. If it doesn't break me first.

Prior to that.
1 year
5 years
3 years
4 years

25 years,so far,as a self employed person. Previously when I was employed,about 10 years.
I've had loads of jobs,as started work at 16 and only have one week out of work in 40 years.