Julian11
Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 4:14AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I am wondering this because it seems like none of my friends have careers yet. Is this the new way of life? Both of my parents and most of my friend's parents have worked at the same place seemingly forever. Any explanations for this?
sc runner
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 4:41AM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I am hoping to leave the grocery store where I am hopelessly stuck as a part-time night shift pee-on by the end of the year. The reason for younger people not developing careers yet is that many employers are now requiring more experience than many people under 30 simply do not have. Without the experience we simply have little to no hope.
dfaffaew
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 5:53AM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I'm in grad school so 5-6 years.

I remember reading a satisfying explanation for this phenomenon somewhere.
rhrunner
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 6:24AM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Hopefully until I retire. I work as an engineer and have been with my company for 3 years (I'm 25 now). Started in a leadership development program so I think they want me to be around for a while too.
michelle palin
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 10:36AM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
we live in a society where work and independence is not valued. kids are raised to be codependent to parents, government, schools.
Julian11
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 11:02AM - in reply to michelle palin Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
michelle palin wrote:

we live in a society where work and independence is not valued. kids are raised to be codependent to parents, government, schools.


It's true, a lot of people are dependent upon the government and schools, but parents? No way. Compared to other cultures around the world, and even our own culture a few generations ago, kids in America today are very independent.

If you are trying to use this to explain why many of my friends in their 20's do not have career-type jobs, then you are an idiot.
marijuologist
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 11:21AM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
TILL I GET FIRED
Navy Wizz
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 12:28PM - in reply to marijuologist Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I have had a few full time jobs with benefits and I just turned 25. I currently have a federal civilian position with the Navy and I will be leaving that position soon. I don't foresee myself ever having a job more then a year or two at a time. I get bored too easily.
cmurph
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 3:16PM - in reply to Navy Wizz Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
probably 4 or 5 years. I'm in a corporate finance position now and I'd like to move into the financial industry eventually
Chopping Block
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 3:20PM - in reply to marijuologist Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
marijuologist wrote:

TILL I GET FIRED



You haven't been fired yet? Amazing.
moving around is good
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 3:33PM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Julian11 wrote:
Both of my parents and most of my friend's parents have worked at the same place seemingly forever. Any explanations for this?


Working at the same place forever isn't really a good strategy in most fields. Moving up the ranks at one firm is harder than moving up while moving between firms. There are simply more opportunities available in the entire job market than in your current firm.

Anyway, to answer your question, I just finished up my master's degree and I've been working where I am now for 6 months.
sfddsfsdfsfd
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 3:40PM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Working two jobs, one full-time with benefits and mediocre pay, the other part-time with good pay. Clear about $2,000 bi-weekly, so I'll stay with this set up for a while, even though I have to clock about 70 hours a week
asdfklj
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 3:44PM - in reply to moving around is good Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
moving around is good wrote:


Working at the same place forever isn't really a good strategy in most fields. Moving up the ranks at one firm is harder than moving up while moving between firms. There are simply more opportunities available in the entire job market than in your current firm.

Anyway, to answer your question, I just finished up my master's degree and I've been working where I am now for 6 months.


I can tell you haven't had much real world experience because you did not actually answer his question.
Close but not quite
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 4:00PM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Julian11 wrote:

[quote]michelle palin wrote:

we live in a society where work and independence is not valued. kids are raised to be codependent to parents, government, schools.


It's true, a lot of people are dependent upon the government and schools, but parents? No way. Compared to other cultures around the world, and even our own culture a few generations ago, kids in America today are very independent.

If you are trying to use this to explain why many of my friends in their 20's do not have career-type jobs, then you are an idiot.[/quote]

More financially independent? I doubt it. I suspect the rate of people depending on their parents for financial support well into their 20's has probably gone way up in the last couple of generations.
moving around is good
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/30/2012 4:03PM - in reply to asdfklj Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
asdfklj wrote:

I can tell you haven't had much real world experience because you did not actually answer his question.


I misread the title and thought it asked how long I had worked at my current place of employment. However, this oversight has nothing to do with lack of real world experience. You're an idiot if you think it does. People with plenty of real world experience misread things from time to time on occasion. It happens. Especially when what you're reading is just something unimportant like a message board thread title.

Anyway, I plan on being here for another 6 months for a total of one year.
white guy in asia
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/31/2012 2:53AM - in reply to moving around is good Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
No intentions to leave, but always on the lookout for new opportunities. I don't really love the position I'm in, but it's not horrible and is good experience. I stay in a nice place, live well, and put away about $4000 a month...in my late 20's, so may go back to business school and take some time off to travel in a year or two.
runrun14
RE: Letsrunners below the age of 30: How long do you plan to work at your current place of employment? 3/31/2012 6:51AM - in reply to Julian11 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Been at my current job location for 4 years, and running the place for a few months. I plan on leaving in approximately 6 months so I can finish school and get a job as an athletic director.