Anybody stay in the same job your entire working career?

[Jumper_Dad]

Started working in High School for a company and worked for them until my heart muscle gave out 30 years later. Moved several (12) times working in 17 different locations.

 

Had a PT job cleaning an office while in high school before starting at Walmart. Was a firefighter on the side for a couple of years, but never left Walmart.

[Randy Parker]

I've been a child star for as long as I can remember.

[mexitucky]

11 1/2 years here since my return from Mexico in 2003. I do not see myself staying in my current position past my boys finishing high school. I hope to transition to a legal position. Ideally, it would be here.

[mcpapa]

Not the same job, but the same place. Retired after 29 years there.

[TTS_JF]

I've been in the same spot going on 10 years in September. I never thought I would last this long, but was hired by another company and turned in my 2 week notice, low and behold I got a promotion at that point.

[nkuclubbaseball19]

Been at my current job 19 years. Had a handful of other jobs prior.

Side note, everyone of the other companies I did work for are out of business.

 

If your current company goes out of business I'll be worried.

[spindoc]

That's why you're not in too big a hurry to get that houseboat, eh?

 

Well, on the right river you can end up in the gulf.:thumb:

[rockmom]

I've been in the hospitality industry (hotels) for a quarter century. I've been in 5 different hotels (7 if you count my current job is over 3 hotels; 8 if you count 2 different tenures at one hotel). I've held different positions along the way, I spent 13 years over the course of 2 different time spans at one hotel, several 3-ish year spans at hotels, and a year at the Convention Bureau. I'll have been at my current employment 4 years in July. Along the way, I've had a variety of second jobs, one of which I stayed at for 7 years, most of which were in the restaurant industry.

 

So, I haven't stayed in one place, but in my industry, just staying in the industry as long as I have without burning out is considered a feat, so I'll consider myself somewhat of an anomaly.

[Clyde]

Being in sales it's not likely you stay with one company. I know of TWO people who sell for a living that have only sold for one company.

[UKMustangFan]

Being in sales it's not likely you stay with one company. I know of TWO people who sell for a living that have only sold for one company.

 

Sales is one thing I could never do. Too much of an unknown aspect for me.

[Lawnboy13]

Been at my current job 19 years. Had a handful of other jobs prior.

Side note, everyone of the other companies I did work for are out of business.

 

Sports Arena, Newport Shopping Center.......can still picture you there.

[TAC]

Sports Arena, Newport Shopping Center.......can still picture you there.

 

I was sporting a fro!

[Randy Parker]

Sports Arena, Newport Shopping Center.......can still picture you there.

 

I was sporting a fro!

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Clyde]

Sales is one thing I could never do. Too much of an unknown aspect for me.

 

I get that. It's certainly not for everyone.

[TAC]

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

I used to be skinny too! I'll see what I can find in the archives.