How long have you been at your current job?

• BR1986FB

  Shane Falco;1364068 wrote:19 years in october..

  20 years in October here.
• believer

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;1364243 wrote:"Four days in four years isn't sustainable over the long run."
  
  This part isn't advertised.
  
  Between 1999 and 2008 I think I took a total of one month of vacation. One week of that was our honeymoon, and even then I had to keep my blackberry on.
  
  That isn't happening again.

  I can't disagree.
  
  I allegedly receive 4 weeks of paid vacation every year but I'm lucky to get to take 2 of those weeks. And even then my company-paid iPhone is constantly with me...and they expect me to answer the emails, texts, etc.
  
  However, I definitely take some vacation every year. It's a MUST for everyone to chillax and re-charge.
• fan_from_texas

  Manhattan Buckeye;1364243 wrote:"Four days in four years isn't sustainable over the long run."
  
  This part isn't advertised.
  
  Between 1999 and 2008 I think I took a total of one month of vacation. One week of that was our honeymoon, and even then I had to keep my blackberry on.
  
  That isn't happening again.

  
  What really drove it home to me was when a partner in did a lot of work for (and was being groomed to replace when he retired) collapsed with brain cancer. He was given six months to live. And yet a few months later, on Christmas morning, he's emailing me with changes he needs to a pleading. Two college-aged kids, wife, etc that he won't see in a few months when he's dead, but Christmas morning he's working and expecting me to do the same. At some point, it's just not worth it.
  
  I worked far, far more holidays and weekends than I ever took vacation days. On those rare occasions I bumped into people we used to be friends with, they'd ask what I was up to, and the only thing I could think of was work. No hobbies, no interests, nothing--Just work.
  
  So I'm making a move so I can turn back into a real person.
• gerb131

  

  1.5 yrs in the same field 13 yrs
• Manhattan Buckeye

  fan_from_texas;1364268 wrote:What really drove it home to me was when a partner in did a lot of work for (and was being groomed to replace when he retired) collapsed with brain cancer. He was given six months to live. And yet a few months later, on Christmas morning, he's emailing me with changes he needs to a pleading. Two college-aged kids, wife, etc that he won't see in a few months when he's dead, but Christmas morning he's working and expecting me to do the same. At some point, it's just not worth it.
  
  I worked far, far more holidays and weekends than I ever took vacation days. On those rare occasions I bumped into people we used to be friends with, they'd ask what I was up to, and the only thing I could think of was work. No hobbies, no interests, nothing--Just work.
  
  So I'm making a move so I can turn back into a real person.

  Agreed, and congrats! At some point we need to recognize what is truly important. It is very late my time (nearly 1:00 a.m.) and I don't think I could ever be happier than tonight. I have my dog at the foot of couch, my wife on one side sleeping on my shoulder, my sister-in-law (who is more like our daughter) on the other side sleeping, and I'm watching James Bond in Casino Royale. Life is good, even if it is the other side of the world.
• dlazz

  1 year 3 months and 21 days.
  
  I hate it. I've had about 5-6 phone/regular interviews and not gotten anything better (yet).
  
  I'd consider going back to school, but I hate that even more and it costs money.
• Iliketurtles

  

  At my current job 7 months. But have have been with the same company for the last 33 months.
• Automatik

  

  dlazz;1364295 wrote:1 year 3 months and 21 days.
  
  I hate it. I've had about 5-6 phone/regular interviews and not gotten anything better (yet).
  
  I'd consider going back to school, but I hate that even more and it costs money.

  Not to thread highjack, but where did you end up settling in Cbus? I remember you were researching areas.
  
  I'm considering coming back, been looking at rent prices. So damn tempting.
• dlazz

  Automatik;1364312 wrote:Not to thread highjack, but where did you end up settling in Cbus? I remember you were researching areas.
  
  I'm considering coming back, been looking at rent prices. So damn tempting.

  Gahanna. I work in New Albany, so I bit the bullet and moved into an expensive-ish area. $769/mo + Utilities
• Automatik

  

  dlazz;1364356 wrote:Gahanna. I work in New Albany, so I bit the bullet and moved into an expensive-ish area. $769/mo + Utilities

  Not too bad, Gahanna is nice. Gahanna Pizza is one of my favs in that area. Also a fan of Old Bag of Nails.
  
  I've been browsing German and Victorian Village areas. I'm hoping to find employment then move, not the other way around.
• dlazz

  Automatik;1364384 wrote:Not too bad, Gahanna is nice. Gahanna Pizza is one of my favs in that area. Also a fan of Old Bag of Nails.
  
  I've been browsing German and Victorian Village areas. I'm hoping to find employment then move, not the other way around.

  Finding an apartment is easy in this neck of the woods. They're building them everywhere
• brutus161

  

  Been in the navy 16 and a half years.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  7 years. 8 in the field.
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  11 days. lol. Was at last job for ten months before this opportunity fell into my lap to make a shit ton more money. Doing a month of training in Michigan before we open a branch in my hometown.
• pmoney25

  

  Been at my current job about 2 months. Been in the same industry for a few years, finally with a company I can see myself being with for a long time.
• O-Trap

  

  6 months. I'm already making more money and getting more responsibility than I did in 18 months at my other job. It's a far more ethical job in my opinion, as well.
• gerb131

  

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1364466 wrote:11 days. lol. Was at last job for ten months before this opportunity fell into my lap to make a shit ton more money. Doing a month of training in Michigan before we open a branch in my hometown.

  QQ
• Classyposter58

  

  3 years at big brown
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  gerb131;1364701 wrote:QQ

  lol
• gerb131

  

  Big_Mirg_ZHS;1364738 wrote:lol

  lol
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Lol
• Curly J

  

  ernest_t_bass;1364760 wrote:Lol

  
  Not Funny Not Funny.
• goosebumps

  

  7 months. Just got promoted, start new position on Monday.
• mhs95_06

  Come 23July2013, it will be 40 years.
• gerb131

  

  mhs95_06;1364838 wrote:Come 23July2013, it will be 40 years.

  REPS