Length of service in a company

[babyabc]

Care to share what is your longest year of service and shortest year of service in a company. What makes and why you stay so long and so short?

For me the longest is 7.5 years. Stay for long due to working colleagues and boss is great even is below maket. After company being brought over by big MNC, resign due to no career advancement.

My 2nd longest is 5 years - Stay that long due to working colleagues & boss is great, pay is above market with good career advancement. Resigned due to boss starts to show favoritism to a new staff, being backstab by new staff so no more career advancement etc.......

 

[miloice]

longest... my current job - 6.5 yrs.
Reason : global exposure, regular restructuring (including company merger) and movement providing ample opportunities and job rotation.

Shortest... 2 days.
Reason : temp job. Found a better paying one and left.

 

[powder]

longest for me is 3.5yrs... but to be honest the length of service no longer applicable in today's society... i move 3 times n went into the 5-fig income levels... i started my 1st job at 1.2k... my point is tat Loyalty/Length of service is not as appreciated in today's context, it is SKILL n ability to bring in biz...

on the Other side of looking... i see pple who stay too long might just be too afraid to leave n risk-adverse... which is detrimental if u're looking for the employee with the right attitude.

 

[viethai]

wow !! powder, what type of job are u in ? totally agreed that Loyalty/Length of service is not as appreciated in today's context, it is SKILL n ability to bring in biz...

 

[powder]

basically biz devlpmnt/marketing/negotiations... the type tat once u prove yourself n clinch the deals/expand your clientele, your worth is based on how much money u generate.

i'm not very emotionally engaged in company relationship, to me i'll always be a commodity and so are my skills/network. it will fade one day and i will lose my worth nomatter how much the boss likes me or my colleagues plead for me... who in the right mind will keep me if i cost more than i can generate??? i wouldn't even keep myself...

so on that account, length of service is highly irrelevant. BUT... BIG BIG BUT... there are of cos jobs where the longer u stay, the more your experience & foresight, the more your worth... If we're doing jobs which anyone can learn in 1-2yrs... why would our 5yrs be worth more to any employer?