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In 23 years I've had two. One for 20 years and one for three.
I was wondering what the average was.
Hand or blow?
That's bad constipation.
I've had two; 18 months in a factory straght out of school at 16, then nearly ten years at my current place.
That said, I'm constantly moving around within the company, between different positions and locations: Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire so far!
One for 20 years
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6 in 15 years.
10 in 25 years. I'm not sure which of those numbers is more scary!
Now on fourth "proper" job in 15 years, not counting moves at the same employer or the supermarket & temp stuff I did at school and uni.
1 in 25 years of proper work the other were fillers until I started. Well technically 4 and soon to be 5 but it's been sort of a development through out to get to where I am.
Had 7 jobs in five years, mainly in the Audio Visual field (Theatre/Radio/TV etc)before becoming self employed for a couple of years.
Joined the cops almost 19 years ago but have done quite a range of different stuff (usually fancy a change every 3 or 4 years) Current job is the best thing I've done.
1 for 31 years.
Paperboy
Milkboy
Cauliflower trimmer
Garden landscapers
Jaguar Mechanic
Commercial vehicle mechanic
Custom car shop salesperson
Diary worker
Laboratory technician
Steel fabricator mostly grinding.
Woolen mill machine operator
Steel fixer
Shop fitter
Self employed shop fitter
Transport planner.
Then trained in computing and business and have spent the last 15 years with one company hanging around s****y offices talking a lot.
Around 13 ,in 28 years - had a period of contracting.
Just done 10 years in the current one and have become lazy as a consequence. 🙁
11 jobs in 26 (ouch!) years. Strangely, longest of these was my first job (7 years).
The current job is up to 3 and a bit years now, though, and they haven't rumbled me yet. Fingers crossed...
2 full time jobs since leaving school 18 years ago.
9 years in the first one and then on to my current job.
As I said in another thread, a work mate had had over 30 jobs by his mid 30s, he had been in that one for a couple of years, must of changed jobs every few months prior to that...
Not counting student jobs, four. Primary school teacher for just over a year, part time data entry job for 6 months, sixth form college IT support for a year, sixth form college teacher for almost 12 years.
Our lab technician just retired - he started working here the year before I was born. We've had people retire from our place after working there and nowhere else.
Dozens. My CV is such a work of fiction that I couldn't correct it if I tried.
2nd Lifeboatman
Cinema projectonist
Bouncer
Berry picker
Barman
Dogsbody on a horse stud
Hotel porter
Hotel night porter
Forestry labourer
Gardner
Something in loans insurance
Whatever it was I did in the electrical retail warehouse
Antiques dealer and shipper
Motorcycle courier
Fruit and veg delivery
Student
IT support
IT management
,,and some I'd prefer not to mention
3 in 27, 21 years longest service.
Since leaving University? Three, I am 35 so that's three in 15 years, averages one every five years or so, although I stayed too long in the last one, and I quite like my current job/employers and don't much fancy having to roll together 12 separate pension pots once I retire...
That said I work with lots of contractors who are fine switching rolls every 6-12 months and taking the big bucks without the 'stability' of sick pay, payed leave or a months notice...
4 in 26 years,
apprentice motor mechanic then
Process worker
Part time-
Soldier for 5 years
Commercial Diver 12 years and counting
They pay for the roof over my heads and my toys 😀
6 proper jobs, with a bit of part time work thrown in.
Barman
Timber yard labourer
Building site labourer/dumper driver/digger driver
Security Manager
Games Workshop trainee manager/manager
Ringtons tea man. Best job ever.
Just to clear things up, do you mean different employers or different job descriptions?
If its the former I've had 29 different employers over 30 years.
Different job descriptions would be
Apprentice electrician
Marquee erector
Electrician
Storeroom assistant
Shop worker
Data cabling installer
Campsite courier
Telecoms engineer
Telecoms rigger
Finally a senior engineer with BT which covers electrical,telecoms and rigging in the one role!
Dogsbody on a horse stud
😯
Ringtons tea man. Best job ever.
Our Ringtons man is ace, he's worked out my shift pattern so calls by when he's passing from other areas.
Baker, 3 years of summers (holiday job while a student).
Plant engineer in said bakery once I graduated 18 months.
Service engineer for Atlas Copco 4 years
Plant engineer (flour mill) 3 years
Plant engineer (Animal feed mill) 6 months
Plant engineer (flour mill) 18 months
Engineering manager (flour mill) 19 years
So apart from 4 years my whole working life has been associated with wheat & other grains!
Though that's 7 different jobs it works out at 11 different employers.
trainee underwriter for 3 months.
junior general rating clerk-rating officer-housing benefit overpayment clerk-housing benefit fraud officer (13 years in total at one local authority).
contract housing benefit processing for a year.
1st line IT helpdesk-2nd line tech support-3rd line user/network admin at IBM/fujitsu for 6 years.
desktop/infrastructure support at a photographic supplies manufacturer for 5 years.
contract 2nd line desktop support for the NHS for 7 months.
2nd/3rd line IT support/service management at an insurance company for the past 2.5 years.
so, 7 different employers but quite a few different jobs therein.
8 in 20ish years I think and another one soon. One more if you count my ongoing job in my freelance company, or you could say far less if you count all the clients as just one freelance job.
Anyway. 3 year average for permanent jobs and I'm done. Either I left of my own choice or they've made me redundant. Contract jobs can vary. Few months or several years.
Unless it was a job I really love (I've yet to find one in software) I wouldn't be able to just stay there for life.
Tea man ? Wassthatallabout..
9 in 25 years although I'm sure there are ones I've forgotten about.
Part time while at 6th form/uni
McDonald's 2 years
Halfords 2 years
Barman 2 1/2 years
Bit of overlap between bar and halfords too, as well as uni, I was a busy boy!
Full time after uni
Data entry for a share registrar -18 months
IT sales/quote & configuration - 7 years to date
The part time work was a bit more fun if I'm honest...
Tea man ? Wassthatallabout..
They drive about in a van delivering tea to your door and in the case of Ringtons the best Ginger Snaps in the world.
Since leaving university in '96 I've had 7 employers - vast majority in change roles.
1 year in bike shop
9 years for major utility - multiple roles
18 months in IT outsourcing & consulting
3 years in construction/ business services/facilities/outsourcing
3.5 years in Exhibitions/conferencing/leisure
1 year contracting - self employed
Just started back in construction/ business services/facilities/outsourcing again and wondering why...
[*]Including part time jobs I'm up to 14 employers I think...
Halford's - 6 months
Waterstones - 6 months
Game - 3 months
Clerical temping - 4 mths
Independent bike shop no'1 - 12 months
Independant bike shop no'2 - 6 months
Independant bike shop no'3 - 6 months
I drive around all day in a VW (tea) Caddy delivering teabags, coffee, and biscuits to the good folk of the North East
10 not including part time jobs
I'd lost count by my early twenties. Took me until my thirties to realise that being an employee is not for me. Became self employed and never looked back.
Army
Mobile phones
Barman
Outdoor guide
Antenna rigger
Fire service
farm labourer
butlins bluecoat
off licence counter
IT (quite a few)
Butcher
Barman
Builder's labourer
Chef
Forensic toxicologist
Restaurant manager
Immigration officer
Prisoner escort/logistics coordinator
Method development chemist
Oilfield chemist
Production operator
It's been a varied life so far.
Seven (including this one)
I hope this is the last one as bureaucrat but I wouldn't count on it in this bureaucratic land.
😯
[quote=caspian ]One for 20 years
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0ne for 24yrs cant see me leaving until 5 yrs time
Are we talking 'career' jobs rather than summer / casual jobs? and job title rather than different employers for same job??
1 and a bit (I tried as college lecturer but it, and I, was rubbish). Software engineer / developer / tester / project manager.
No career here for me just jobs to pay bills ... 🙂
All shite and pay peanuts so far.
I've had 16 jobs in the last 16 years.
I've been:
Kitchen Hand
Fishmonger
Butcher
Account Ledger
Store Manager
Telephone Sales Agent
Technical Customer Support Agent
Barman
First Line Tech Support
Developer
IT Manager
Software Engineer
System Architect
Solution Designer
Business Analyst
2 years printers apprentice
6 months printer in same firm
6 months agency work in fish factories after redundancy
Coming up 6 years in RAF as aircraft tech. Looking for other work. Getting bored.
Full Time
Trainee Gamekeeper
Gamekeeper
Production Op (heavy engineering)
Photo processing (Printroom, Finishing & Leadhand).
Photomask Inspection Technician (Best job ever)
E commerce web site manager, Photographer, photoshop guru
Production OP
QC Auditor (manufacturing)
Part Time,
Photographer
Videographer
VFX artist (film credit)
Editor
Digital Compositor / Colour Grader