I lately retired after working for a similar employer for 37 years. My dad additionally labored ca. 35 years for his employer earlier than retiring, as did my father-in-law. My sister labored for her employer for 40 years. Two of my sisters-in-law labored for his or her solely employer for about that lengthy. My daughter, alternatively, is on her 4th employer since ending legislation faculty ten years in the past.
Most people swap jobs a number of instances throughout their working years. Kevin Drum brings some information on US job tenure over at Jabberwocking.com. He notes that job tenure (median years at present job) has declined within the 35-44 age group since 1984, though the magnitude of decline doesn’t appear that spectacular (from 5.2 to 4.6 years).
He additionally breaks out the information by age group. My sister, spouse, sisters-in-law and I are all within the 65+ demographic, the place the median years in present job is 9.8; we’re all a pair commonplace deviations away from that. In my daughter’s demographic, although, the median time per employer is 4.6, so she isn’t that removed from the norm.
Individuals change jobs for a lot of causes. Individuals additionally keep in the identical jobs for plenty of causes. Medical health insurance used to maintain individuals tethered to their employer, however I collect that the ACA has modified that.
