Boss Bitch
Simon
– December 18, 2007 02:38PM
For all your work woes.
El Jeffe
– August 04, 2011 12:38AM
What a journey.
Ok, what is each of our seniority at our jobs. Ron, what was your number of years with school?
I am at 17 years, will be 18 years in September with current employer (counting buy-out/take-over)
Both a blessing and a curse in ways.
bahamut
– August 04, 2011 04:23AM
5 years now. Bought a house in May. I'm sure the boss will freak on me again (hasn't done so in 2 years).
Cloudscout
– August 04, 2011 08:09AM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Tuesday was my 5 year anniversary as an employee. I've actually been working with this client for 8 of the last 13 years, though (I took that 5 year hiatus when I moved to Florida).
John Willoughby
– August 04, 2011 09:40AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Almost 7 years seniority; it would be almost 10, but I left to try a more... ummm... challenging job for a couple of years in the middle.
Mokers
(Moderator)
– August 04, 2011 10:37AM
Formerly Remy Martin
2 years seniority. The longest I have had any job.
porruka
(Admin)
– August 04, 2011 11:28AM
LOL JW.
I've been unemployed longer now than I've had some of my jobs. Let's hope this doesn't ever encroach on a record...
tomierna
(Admin)
– August 04, 2011 11:50AM
Hideously Unnatural
I've been an owner of my company for 14 years.
The last 8 of them I'd consider my work on it "full time".
Prior to that, 3 years with a company, and prior to that, 7 years with the same company. (There was overlap between when my company was incorporated and when I left the "day jobs")
Bruce Robertson
– August 04, 2011 12:10PM
About 11 years doing Filemaker indepently full time. 15 years at Boeing before that.
ghidorah
– August 04, 2011 01:54PM
Raise taxes on cavemen.
--jw
technically? 8 months
Ron Burns
– August 04, 2011 03:23PM
"We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation." Voltaire
26 years Bill! But a strange kind of progression - went originally to set up Computer Services unit and at that stage was part of senior management team, but when our crazy Director decided he wanted Psychology as a discipline and I was was one of the small number about the place, I got drafted as a Professor (in your terms). Then as I moved out of line management I became a member of the University Senate and later the University Board. I'm now an Honorary (i.e. unpaid) Fellow.
tliet
– August 04, 2011 06:41PM
14 (gulp) years. But working out of them as a contractor in different companies, 5 in the last 10 years. I'm working 4 years for the current client, which is the longest I've stayed with a client.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– August 04, 2011 08:33PM
4 years is my longest (and only) full-time paid job.
Waaay too many part-time voluntary jobs though...
johnny k
– August 05, 2011 08:28AM
I've been self-employed for 8 years now. I had a boss and a "salary" in grad school for two years, but that hardly counts when he doesn't make you do anything, right? Though it was basically double-full-time.
Jeff Cooper
– August 06, 2011 02:43AM
Fifteen years.
Mokers
(Moderator)
– August 06, 2011 04:26PM
Formerly Remy Martin
My company has a couple of entry level positions available in the Bay area if you know people looking. This is mostly help desk level stuff, one PC, one more Mac OS oriented.
John Willoughby
– August 06, 2011 04:39PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
That might be me in a few months. Of course, I don't think I could live in the Bay area on an entry level salary.
Simon
– August 07, 2011 03:27AM
I was just over 7.5 years when I finished my recent job. prior to that I had a string of jobs that never lasted longer than 11months due to the dot com bust.
porruka
(Admin)
– August 29, 2011 05:39PM
Well, this is more of an anti-boss-bitch, particularly since my former (ultimately) boss is one of my references, but I had an in-person interview in LV today. I think it went well. It's the first interview I've had in 16 months where the prospective employer had to expend any actual money to talk to me.
John Willoughby
– August 29, 2011 06:26PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Good news! I hope that you get an offer. Would this mean moving to Vegas?
Cloudscout
– August 29, 2011 06:37PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Good luck, P!
