Longest Job?

38 yrs. - electricity distribution. Started as an apprentice straight out of school.

My longest was 10 years with Smorgon Steel but I had 4 different jobs in the place over that time. I left because they were Melbourne based and there weren't too many other opportunities in Sydney and a good opportunity came up where I am now (Southern Steel, didn't purposely stay in the Steel Industry though). I'm in a pretty cool posi now and would probably only bail if a stupid amount of money got chucked my way.

5 years with White Wings, retrenched when they were taken over by Uncle Toby's......... had first child
5 years with Johnson & Johnson, retrenched when they changed computer systems..... had 2nd child
8 years with Heatcraft Australia.......managed to get past 5 years without any more babies, lol

Hey Glen, are you at the Milperra Southern Steel ??

Jenny

10 yrs in IT. First selling stuff, now fixing stuff.

I want to be a doctor now, is that remotely possible at 36+ ? ... looks like a good job here being a doctor.

38 yrs. - electricity distribution.

does this make you old....older than me or Ronster or.......

38 yrs. - electricity distribution.

...older than me or Ronster or.......

Don't know, Smitty - but you're only as old as you feel

I'm at about 19.5 years working for the same Pathology lab, the first 7 years doing lab work playing with blood, wee and poo. The last 12 years I've been looking after their IT systems, starting off as a grunt and slowly being shafted upwards into the position of senior manager. I know the business really well but absolutely detest working here and I am looking for something else to do....problem is they pay me too well and I've got an expensive hobby ... also the fact that if I leave, there is no-one else who can replace me, has long since become something I don't care about.

10 years with Qantas as an air chef (straight- not that there is anything wrong with the alternative ), loved it, but got married and started a family, so it was time to start own business.

Talking about contrast... from the then, second most wanted job in OZ to starting up a video store on the central coast at Tuggerah well it has taken a while to get used to working 7 days instead of flying to places like Hawaii, Rome, London etc....

But it all worked out at the end, had the video wholesale / retail operation for 10 years as well before we sold it. It's still there today called Video Ezy - Tuggerah

KANEG been operating for close to three years now, and both Joy and myself loving it and want to grow it and enjoy it for long time to come.

Feel very blessed to have always done what I enjoyed

Feel very blessed to have always done what I enjoyed

I'd say you are one of the lucky ones!.... in my clearly short experience (...38years! !)... one thing i've found is that every business has a prick - whether it be a manager or colleague. The know it all, the incompetent, the pain in the arse, the 'i'll take credit for that' and the i didnt do it...

i didnt do it...

From my 10 staff this is the most frequently used answer when the shit hits the fan !

i've been with the same company for the last 13yrs Started on the sales floor and worked my way to the possy of national buyer/marketing for a Major Australian retailer . Besides the perks are good, travel can be a pain in the ass. 38hrs travel to Germany for 2 days then 38hrs back China for 2 days

Longest job i've been in was working at a liquir store close to home , but i left because of the shit pay,and the managers gave me the shits.

i didnt do it...

From my 10 staff this is the most frequently used answer when the shit hits the fan !

It all makes sense now , with having 10 staff, it's no wonder you feel like hanging over the side of a sidecar at times

Me:
13 years with Bank of Qld - I also studied at uni various times during this stint, but always stayed at least P/T;
then 3 years with Queensland Ambulance;
now, 3 months with Mater Health Services. I can see me being here for quite a while...

Jeff:

10 years and 5 months with GIO in Melbourne and Geelong;
Suncorp for 4 months;
8 months at Fortis in Brisbane (everyone around the country except Melb was retrenched at the same time); and
8 years with NAQ Technology in Brisbane

Geez and i thought i was doing alright after 18 months! My best performance before that can be measured in weeks, some jobs days and one job an hour!