How long do you stay in a job for?

lcstress2012

I keep moving jobs every three to four years for more money/career progression.

Hector Bellend

long enough for a **** and a cup of tea

harry Bailey esq

Hector Bellend wrote: »

long enough for a **** and a cup of tea

Jack of all trades.

sligojoek

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Jack of all trades.

And master (bator) of none.

StupidLikeAFox

lcstress2012 wrote: »

I keep moving jobs every three to four years for more money/career progression.

How old are you and how many jobs have you had?

Also what salary are you on or, if you don't want to say, what amount do you "jump" for?

wakka12

I like the idea of moving around jobs a lot, every 2 years or so. I got very bored of the job I had after my degree for just one year, and there was nothing wrong with the job, I just didn't like going there everyday. But maybe its not realistic and Ill just have to buckle down

Jimmy.

What’s it like not to work?

martinedwards

as an old fella, I've had a lot of Jobs.

longest.... 11 years, then 7 1/2

shortest 2 weeks.

My current job, 3 1/2 yrs and I can honestly say I've not even looked at a jobs website since I started.

it's 14 yrs to retirement, and it's POSSIBLE that this one might see me out......

ToddyDoody

This is the type of thing that might have a mathematical formula where the number of years is a function of salary times experience divided by amount of times you've wanted to punch the boss.

Cina

Usually three-ish years. Mainly because moving does tend to be the best way to get a salary increase (in IT at least). But my 20's are over now and my 30's started recently and I've noticed that the more jobs that are on my CV, the more reluctant companies are to hire because they want people who'll stay longer than 2 to 3 years, so I'll probably need to knuckle down now and stick in this one much longer.

Wanderer78

lcstress2012 wrote:

I keep moving jobs every three to four years for more money/career progression.

Keep doing it until you land somewhere where you really like or life circumstances change

somesoldiers

lcstress2012 wrote: »

I keep moving jobs every three to four years for more money/career progression.

I’m progressing along nicely in the one I’ve been in for 12 years now. No desire to change, the first day handshakes turn me off

CruelCoin

Family business.

Been here my whole life except for a one year experience sabatical to New Zealand and Holland

Will likely be here my entire life.

Started at the bottom sweeping, stacking trollies, weeding.

Now director alongside brothers under our father.

troyzer

I'm only out of university two years but I haven't been able to keep a job for more than 8 months a go.

Temporary contracts and that, I'm on an 11 month at the moment which will take me up to just under three years experience.

CruelCoin

ToddyDoody wrote: »

This is the type of thing that might have a mathematical formula where the number of years is a function of salary times experience divided by amount of times you've wanted to punch the boss.

There are days i want to punch my boss, before i realise it's my dad and that would make things awkward at the birthday dinner later that day.....

Shenshen

As long as you enjoy it.
Once you start hating your job, look for something else.

B-D-P--

Same job since graduating 7+ years ago.

3% increase YOY.

Dont see need to move anywhere. Settled as is.

Kinda feel like I'm making a mistake looking at everybody's posts.

BeerWolf

wakka12 wrote: »

I like the idea of moving around jobs a lot, every 2 years or so. I got very bored of the job I had after my degree for just one year, and there was nothing wrong with the job, I just didn't like going there everyday. But maybe its not realistic and Ill just have to buckle down

With the exception of Freelancers and short-term contracts, can't imagine it would look good in your CV with constant job changes.

CruelCoin

BeerWolf wrote: »

With the exception of Freelancers and short-term contracts, can't imagine it would look good in your CV with constant job changes.

I'd be reluctant to invest in someone who's likely to sod off after a year or two.

hairyslug

Longest is 14 years, shortest is 4 months. For my skills, or lack of, I was paid very well in that 1st job, not so much in the 2nd.

_Brian

My history;
5 years
13 years
9 months
8 years (current job)

I’d say I’ll stay where I am for a while as it’s perfect balance of flexibility autonomy and income, doesn’t pay as well as earlier jobs but it’s flexible and that suits my Life right now.

Motivator

CruelCoin wrote: »

Family business.

Been here my whole life except for a one year experience sabatical to New Zealand and Holland

Will likely be here my entire life.

Started at the bottom sweeping, stacking trollies, weeding.

Now director alongside brothers under our father.

You hardly believe that daddy would leave you with a sweeping brush all your life?

heroics

After college
1y
7y
2y
6y
Just started new one.

From experience moving was the best way to increase salary or for career progression.

The Tetrarch

5 years (apprenticeship)
11 months
1 year 6 months
2 years 1 month
1 year 7 months
7 years 3 months
1 year 1 month
16 years 5 months

12 years in my present job, retirement

Raging_Ninja

BeerWolf wrote: »

With the exception of Freelancers and short-term contracts, can't imagine it would look good in your CV with constant job changes.

In the IT sector the average length of time a software developer spends in a role is about 2 years. Straight out of college in Ireland you start on a relatively low base pay (25-30k usually, maybe higher depending on the company), and the best way to move up the pay scale is to change companies.

The name of the game these days is career security, not job security. Of you stay in one company too long, you also risk seeing seeing skills with newer technology stacks start to stagnate.

whisky_galore

Last job and current one both 10 years -ish.
Sick of office life and bull**** so quitting next month. Had quite enough of zero progression. Current job was reasonably ok, had own office at the start but was turfed out into a new open plan that I was none too happy about. Boss is a corporate bull****-speak loving dickhead.

Typically I'd have said two years or something. I was very bored of my office job in Ireland after that long.

The job I've been doing over the last six or seven years is a bit different as it isn't a full working week, and that's more important than anything else really. Mondays, I only work 9.45am to 12, and on Thursdays I'm done at 12. Other years I've had three-day weekends or a Wednesday or something off.

James Bond Junior

10 years as a Primary teacher, moved from a permanent job in a school I hated to another permanent job in another school. I now enjoy it it much more again but there is a huge part of me which wants to do something completely new and different. I've a 5 year plan and the wheels are slowly starting to move.

2011

BeerWolf wrote: »

With the exception of Freelancers and short-term contracts, can't imagine it would look good in your CV with constant job changes.

You could argue that but in my opinion it is far more important for me to leave a job that no longer motivates me. Life is simply too short, I get bored easily and I need to be challenged.

I have worked for quite a few employers in Ireland and abroad. The experience I have gained across many different aspects of the electrical industry has opened a lot of doors of me. What is key is that previous employers feel that I provided them with value for money and I always completed whatever project I have been working on.

Laois_Man

I will be hitting my 10-year anniversary soon. I got bored a couple of years ago so I am tackling that by doing a part-time Masters - leaving jobs isn't the only way to cure boredom or upskill. The 10 minute commute to/from work and being able to go home for lunch is too good a gig to resign from. I simply couldn't get that anywhere else. Plus there's a chance I might have a redundancy package coming my way in a year or two. And after 10+ years, I wouldn't want to miss that (although this Masters is probably making me less dispensable so I might be doing myself out of a payoff there)

Grayson

I lasted 4 days in Dunnes. I'm in my current job 18 months and the previous one was 7-8 years. I really wanted to leave that one and got lucky with a decent redundancy package.

nozzferrahhtoo

Laois_Man wrote: »

I will be hitting my 10-year anniversary soon. I got bored a couple of years ago so I am tackling that by doing a part-time Masters - leaving jobs isn't the only way to cure boredom or upskill. The 10 minute commute to/from work and being able to go home for lunch is too good a gig to resign from. I simply couldn't get that anywhere else.

I am in a somewhat similar position at the moment where I feel "trapped" in a job with a lot of nice attributes.

The ideal commute, having less hours than is normal for this country and industry, and my time being so flexible in that I can start and end when i like each day all make it very hard to leave and go somewhere where all that would be reversed. I also get pretty decent holidays for this area (30 days a year) and every minute of over time is recorded and given back meaning I tend to work up about 20 or 30 more holidays over the course of a year on top of that.

Yet I am overwhelmed with a feeling of wanting to leave. And can not really identify why given how otherwise ideal the job is. And until I do I am caught in this limbo of not wanting to jump ship but also feeling in my heart like I have already left.

So far this is kinda ok, but it is an emotional precipice I can imagine will get unhealthy fast if I keep it up much longer.

Sugar Free

I don't think there's an ideal number, it's very much dependent on the person and their goals e.g. there was a good example above of someone who is getting paid less now but their role has a lot flexibility which is important to them.

After 8 years I had started with my fourth company (4 years, 1 year then 3 years). The moves were necessary to get the compensation and progression that I wanted. If I had stayed with my first company I would only be getting ~50k with a single digit bonus by now. Which if I was still in Dublin would not be much.

Current company has lots of opportunities without needing to move location (I'm in the global HQ) as well as providing me with the level of lifestyle I wanted while still being able to invest and save significantly each month. So I intend to be here a while. That said, if any of those factors change, I will look elsewhere. Especially if I don't progress in the manner I would like to.

howamidifferent

Currently 34 years...

Wildly Boaring

9 jobs in 14 years since graduating


3 years
3 years
3 companies in 2.5 years - self employed uk
2 years
2 years
6 months
Current

In construction so its expected that managers may move companies to stay in one geographical area, however I haven't even managed that.

Have made a decision that I must stay in current role for few years as CV getting messy. In very good role too so looking forward to it

UK and returning role were recession enforced and easily explainable as staying in work but still too much moving about really.

There are some poor employers in construction here and UK that you just have to get away from. Prefer more roles on CV to staying in a couple of those roles.

Wanderer2010

Im not a career progression kind of worker, im perfectly happy doing what I do until the day I retire. I look at the kind of people who are "company people" and its so far removed from my personal opinions or way of working its unreal. Never would I ever give up my evenings or weekends trying to climb some fictional ladder only to be rewarded with yet more work/responsibility/stress and less time with family and friends. Might be for some folk but not me. I work to live not live to work.

Tell me how

4 years
2 years
1.5 year
12 years (2 years too long)
Expect next 2 - 4 years to see at least 2 - 4 jobs for a number of reasons.

MillField

Software developer. I was in my first job out of college for 3.5 years. In my new place 4 months. As mentioned by some people here, moving is the only way to progress your career and earn more money especially early in your career.

HalloweenJack

In seven years, I've worked in jobs for one year, three years (moved country),one year (part-time job while I did my masters), two years and in my current job since January, which has also been a career change.

I'm happy in my bew job so far. How long I stay in it depends how my life plays out from here. As it's a new sector, I'm focusing on getting experience first.

SVI40

I've had 2 jobs since leaving school in '82. 15 years, and the current one will be 21 years this December.

Greyfox

Anywhere between 3-5 years, applying for jobs is as bad as cleaning the bathroom so I'll only leave when the job becomes crap

RiderOnTheStorm

First serious job, 4 years. 8 on next. 14 on last. All IT jobs. Current one 3 years (medical job) .... Wish I started this one earlier. 14 years is too long. Had become institutionalised by the end and definitely effected my outlook (for the worse). Gone is the day of a single career.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Last job was 30 years. Same employer but the role changed many times and progression brought new dimensions constantly.