How long have you worked for your current employer?

[wildhorses]

me? 2 and a half years...

now then How about you??

[datasuspect]

1. unemployed with the exception

of fly by night shit here and there for more than three years.

was laid off from my last full time job in 2003.

[wildhorses]

4. are you drawing any unemployment or disability?

How do you maintain?

[HEyHEY]

2. Since January

[wildhorses]

6. keep up the good work!!

:applause:

[LSK]

3. 8 years, since May 1998

[wildhorses]

7. and a wonderful job you are doing!!

:applause:

[CatholicEdHead]

5. 3 1/2 years

[wildhorses]

8. Excellent!!

:applause:

[undeterred]

9. Since July 31 this year as an employee

Since Feb 5 this year as a contractor.

Before that I was doing mostly contract work for 5.5 years. Not by choice, I usually had no insurance.

[wildhorses]

11. keep up the good work!!

:applause:

[RebelOne]

10. 10 years. I love my job.

Fantastic benefits, but the pay sucks. Oh well, you can't have everything.

[wildhorses]

12. Let's hear it for fantastic benefits!!

:applause:

[KG]

13. 3 1/2 days

:hi:

[wildhorses]

15. well, looks like you're off to a good week!!

:applause:

[LaurenG]

14. 6 years

6 (sometimes) very long years.

[wildhorses]

16. Keep on keeping on ...day in and day out!! SSDD

:applause:

[Crazy Dave]

17. I work for myself and let me tell you...

my boss doesn't pay me any overtime or holidays but I do have health benefits.

Seriously I've only had my business going for two and a half months.

[wildhorses]

22. Hang in there Dave...You the Boss, man!!

:applause:

[LibertyLover]

18. 11 years

and 2 months. I love my job.

[wildhorses]

23. Wonderful...satisfation!!

:applause:

[LibertyLover]

35. Satisfaction and

a decent salary and great benefits doesn't hurt either. :evilgrin:

[wildhorses]

36. sounds Excellent...Are they hiring??

:shrug: :rofl: hey...ya never know

[LibertyLover]

59. There are some positions

the problem is that they want foreign nationals - not just my department but all over the Corporation. It's difficult to get hired here if you are American. I was lucky in that my position is one that many foreign nationals cannot, or don't want to, do. I'm a legal assistant. Over the years, we have hired lawyers for legal assistants' positions and the results have not been happy. After a few years they want to be hired as lawyers and it's the department's position not to do so. It has made for tension.

[ZombieNixon]

19. Unemployed.

:(

[wildhorses]

25. sorry, dude!! good luck with the search....

:hug:

[Mutley]

20. Five years the first time around.

Two weeks this time. x(

[wildhorses]

27. well now...2 weeks is a start in the right direction!!

:applause:

[NewWaveChick1981]

21. A year.

The one before that was seven years.

[wildhorses]

29. way to go Chicka!!

:applause:

[av8rdave]

24. 19 years

[wildhorses]

30. now, that's impressive!!

:wow: :applause:

[av8rdave]

32. thanks...it's somewhere between "impressive" and

"glutton for punishment"

[billyskank]

26. One year and almost four months

[wildhorses]

31. Yay!! billyskank!!

:applause::yourock::applause:

[billyskank]

34. All three of my previous jobs have ended in redundancy!

I am the Redundancy King! :woohoo: :rofl:

[wildhorses]

37. you got some explaining to do??!!?!?!

:wtf: how can a job end due to redundancy?

[billyskank]

39. Eh? You know, laid off?

We don't need you no more, so here's your notice pay, get outta here?

[wildhorses]

46. oh yeah, I know that song...how about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa0eqg6LH6A

[AirmensMom]

75. Jeez, billy!

:wow: How do you keep going?

I hope your current job lasts as long as YOU want it to! :hug:

[billyskank]

78. I know!

I am an expert on getting the shaft! :rofl:

My first job lasted just eight months, but fortunately then it was the dot-com years and even a banana with eight years' experience could get a job programming.

My second job lasted two years three months, and they were closing our office and were going to move us to another city. I took voluntary redundancy (that rocked).

My third job lasted nearly four years before they downsized me - I walked into a new job (the current one) immediately and used the redundancy cash to upgrade the windows in my apartment.

So now I am on my fourth programming job since 1998. :D

[AirmensMom]

82. lol!

"...even a banana with eight years' experience could get a job programming." :rofl: You have a way of putting things.

Your second job sounds like my first one ... they were moving to TX and we had just moved to FL. They paid me more to stay in FL and leave the company than they were paying to move. And the next job paid more. What a difficult decision! :rofl:

At least they gave you some chunks of change. Harleydad got layed off once and all they gave him was a week's pay. That was damn scary! But he got a job that afternoon. Whew!

One good thing is that you still know how to find a job. When you stay with a company for a long time, it can be intimidating to go out and look again.


The shaft ain't a fun thing to get, that's for sure! I'm glad you've made the best of it. :hug:

[billyskank]

83. One way or another, I am surviving

:hug:

[YankeyMCC]

28. 1 year

[wildhorses]

33. that would be 365 and 1/4 days !!

:woohoo::applause:

[reyd reid reed]

38. Five years

I think.

:hi:

[wildhorses]

47. so long that you can't remember?

:rofl::applause::hi:

[reyd reid reed]

53. LOL!

Some days it feels like it.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:














(I really do like my job, though. Most of the time.)

[flvegan]

40. 7 months.

My last gig was 3 months, and the one before that was 10 years.

[wildhorses]

49. well, looks like you're headed in the right direction

:shrug: :applause:

[FILAM23]

41. Since they went into business

6 years ago..Before that we worked together for 7 years.

[wildhorses]

51. way to work it!! and welcome to the Lounge

:applause::hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

42. About...

since last night. :P :hi:

[billyskank]

43. Hang in there lelapin!

:rofl:

:hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

99. Yeah really...

I can't take it anymore. :P :rofl:

:hi:

[wildhorses]

54. way to go lelapin...think you can keep up that pace?

:rofl::applause::hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

100. *snort*

:rofl: I'm so lazy it's actually doubtful, but I need money. :P :hi:

[ThomCat]

72. Congratulations on the new source of income.

:)

[LadyoftheRabbits]

101. Thank you!

:hug: :hi:

[Scout1071]

44. 7 years.

And I'm miserable. Trying to make a change.

[wildhorses]

55. good luck...dust off the old resume and those interview skills

:applause:

[MissMillie]

45. 20 years, as of last month

I never thought I'd be here this long. Not that it's a bad place to be. I guess I just thought I'd eventually move on to something else. Maybe I will yet.

[wildhorses]

56. you can do it!! if you wanna, that is

:shrug::applause::hi:

[SeattleGirl]

48. Two and a half years.

Was with my previous employer for 7 years.

[wildhorses]

52. me too!! and good to see you!!

:hug::applause::hi::loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. Five years. I didn't realize it had been that long until you aksed.

:hi:

[wildhorses]

57. time flies!!

:applause::hi::loveya::hug:

[ThomCat]

58. 5 and half years.

And that may be 2 years too long at this point. I'm thinking about moving on.

This place would fall down without me because I have no backup, my boss doesn't know how to do my job anymore, and it would take 4 months for me to get someone over the worst of the learning curve. So you would think they would be anxious to keep me. I have warned them I may leave.

Oh well... We'll see what happens and how they handle it.

[wildhorses]

61. are you leaving? when? what will you do?

can I come too?? :P

[ThomCat]

71. If I find a good place to go,

someplace worthy of the two of us, then I will definitely invite you along. :hug:

I'm tenatively putting out feelers here in NYC, and in upstate NY, and in Maryland and the DC area.

[Divameow77]

60. Almost 3 months

I was at my previous job for 2 years exactly. My old boss enticed me to come work for her here :-) What a good decision!

[wildhorses]

63. good for you !! Let's hear it for great decisions!!

:applause:

[miss_american_pie]

62. The bossy little people or their father?

:shrug:

[billyskank]

65. Don't say that

You don't work for him.

[miss_american_pie]

66. I was teasing

It's all good. :hug:

[billyskank]

67. Yes

:hug:

[wildhorses]

86. oh MAP...do you want to hear the speech about how you are an

important contribution to society...cos you are, you know this don't you? :hug:

honest...my hat is off to ya!! :yourock:

[miss_american_pie]

95. No speeches

Tax breaks would be nice. :D :hi:

[nini]

64. 15 years

:-)

[wildhorses]

89. Yay!! Loyalty is a good thing!!

:applause:

[AirmensMom]

68. I'm not working these days.

'cause I got sick in 2001. But I worked for them for 5 1/2 years ... and the one before that for 8 1/2 years.

I'm still the kitty buttler, though ... been doing that since 1979, although the kitties change now and then. :shrug:

[billyskank]

70. I wondered

:hug:

[AirmensMom]

74. What?

Why I'm not working?

Yep. My posts in this thread should give a clue:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5649322&mesg_id=5649322


PS ... and I was a damn good programmer in my time. :cry:


:hug:

[billyskank]

76. You know what?

I never use anything. I bathe twice a day and that is sufficient for me. Soap and water is all I need.


I bet you were a fucking ace programmer. :hug:

[AirmensMom]

79. Aw, billy ...

I somehow knew that about you. :hug: That means we could visit together without a problem! :bounce: :woohoo: :yourock:





And you still ARE a fucking ace programmer! :hug: :pals: I've forgotten a lot of it, though. Partly from not using it and partly from the illness. Wish I'd saved some of my work, just to prove I could do it once. :(

[billyskank]

81. If you ever felt the need to try your hand again

there are so many open source projects out there that could use the assistance.

And the free GNU C compiler (gcc) is widely acknowledged as the finest compiler for the x86.

And thanks. :hug: :loveya:

[AirmensMom]

84. If I get to that point,

I will definitely look to you for some guidance ... if that's OK. I loved doing the work when I was in the middle of a good project. I'm hoping I haven't completely lost my ability to learn.

You're welcome. :loveya: :hug:

[billyskank]

85. That is OK

:hug:

:loveya:

[AirmensMom]

87. Thanks.

:loveya: :* :hug:


:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[wildhorses]

88. I met a lot ot this kitty butler around here...

you guys got a union ? :P

[AirmensMom]

103. No union.

We work for nothing ... except love. Hours are crazy. Day and night, 24/7. They poop, we scoop. They beg, we feed. They puke, we clean. They purr, we pet. :shrug:

[yellowdogintexas]

115. That about sums up the life of a person owned by cats, all right

I am MajorDuomo for 4 of them I should know.

[1gobluedem]

69. Fifteen years in November

I'm a lifer. I love my job. Usually (not too crazy about it today).

[Bombero1956]

73. as of February 6th 2007

29 years.

[wildhorses]

110. its a good feeling to know you have found a home...

so to speak. Sorry about the bad day. :hug:

[MrSlayer]

77. 3 weeks.

But that's how construction is. I'll be laid off within a month and working for someone else.

[ChickMagic]

80. 22 years as of August 15

4 1/2 more if you include prior state service.

[ThomCat]

91. Damn. You're a glutton for punishment.

:P

[ChickMagic]

92. Tell me about it!

I take out my rage on the machine!

[anarch]

90. usually for about 20 or 30 minutes at a time

That's like that question, "How many people work in your office?" and its answer, "Oh, I'd say about half."

[Ikonoklast]

93. Self-employed for the last five years

Before that, twenty-four years with the same employer.

Twenty-four WASTED years.

I should have gone into business for myself a long, long time ago. Way more satisfying, both mentally and fiscally.

[querelle]

94. Since January 1989

So that makes it almost 18 years. I'm a diplomat with the Canadian foreign service. It's kind of a life long career thing. I expect to retire from the diplomatic corps in about 20 years.

Q

[Nikia]

96. 3 months

I left my previous job of 5 years to go work at my current job. I even moved to that town so that I wouldn't have a long commute. Little did I know what I was in for. Perhaps I should have been more careful about jumping at the first company that offered me a job at a significantly better amount of pay. I am giving it a good try though. If they fire me, I can get unemployment. If it doesn't get better, I'll start actively looking in a couple of years and be in a much better spot to get a good job somewhere else.

[huskerlaw]

97. 11 months!

I can't believe I've been here that long already. :bounce:

[ikojo]

98. Two years nine months

Started there in January 2004.

[GOPisEvil]

102. Seven whole months.

Feels like 8, at least.

[LeftyMom]

104. employer?

:rofl:

I wish.

[Bunny]

105. Twenty years.

That's a really long time, isn't it???

[Joey Liberal]

106. 18 years

I really need to get a real job:)..........

[bridgit]

107. been operating our own bizz almost one year...

so i guess i am my current employer :bounce:

[femmocrat]

108. 12 years....

but I subbed there for 6 years before getting a permanent job.

[rhiannon55]

109. 5 years n/t

[bigwillq]

111. Four years (nt)

[Pied Piper]

112. In two weeks, it will be 13 years

I love my job. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to do all kinds of really exciting things. Of course, it's not exactly a rose garden, and there have been a few close calls, but I got through them. I walk to work, or take public transportation in bad weather. I live and work in a really interesting neighborhood. Good times, good times.

[Mendocino]

113. 28 years in December

I can retire in 6 years and seven days, but who's counting.

[yellowdogintexas]

114. Two years in December, and hope at last I have found the job

I will retire from!

I thought I had it 4 jobs ago and the company was sold and our stuff was all relocated to San Antonio

I thought I had it with the next one and the CEO embezzled money and we all lost our jobs

I hoped I had it with the next one and we were all outsourced to India


Mayhe this one is it. I do enjoy my job a great deal and the company is a very good employer. I can certainly hold out another 10 years if they want to keep me on.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

116. A year and a half, almost.

I was just moved to the insurance department of the mortgage company I work for to help get people finished repairing their homes. I work exclusively with hurricane victims. I now monitor them and get management to release their insurance money as they need it. I've been very successful so far. Got my first evaluation and it was glowing.
Duckie

[ccjlld]

117. 26 years in October

Love my job. Only work 3 days a week. Started when I was 18, also stayed for the great benefits. We have a great retirement package. If I retire at 62, I will probably clear a as much or possibly a little bit more than whatever my salary is at the time.