Do me a favor and I'm only asking once don't email address this again...... Thanks for the understanding

Now if you stick around too long you get replaced by a 23 year old that doesnt have a clue but gets paid half the rate.

I started my career at a company that got rid of my division after 12 years. Since then, I've dealt with downsizing, acquisitions that wiped out my team, venture capital funding that dries up and obliterates everything...loyalty and being a top performer haven't saved my positions when those things occur. I'd love to have five or more years of stability, but I've accepted the reality of a constantly changing job market and make myself as adaptable as possible.

I totally agree, Shelby! My husband has been with his company over 20 years! We both love it! Benefits are excellent!

Well I just work 10 , years working for a company that had know benefits at all I stay because I need to feed my family I believe that if you sell yourself by doing what ever it takes to feed your family I put God first and he will bless you with everything else

I am surprised. Most companies are looking for longer tenures. Too many job seekers with many job changes. Doesnt help them in looking for a job during bad economies.

Having said that, I have observed that if you are on the same job in the same company for many years, that means you are not growing within the organization and may not have set any goals.

The hiring company has to be careful how they look at candidates.

I can do more years if I like the job, but technically that is true if you are not growing in that certain company by all means quit and find another job, it is true the longest to stay at a job is four years not five.

I'm a stable and loyal person, but I have found that the reverse is not true. I was at my last job as a bank manager for 12 years and then they decided to consolidate and eliminated my position, even though I was doing great and hitting/exceeding all my goals. This is not the first time this has happened either.

My wife, after 27 years with the same company recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. The week of her first chemo therapy, her position was suddenly "eliminated", After 27 years of loyal service and excellent performance evaluations. In fact, she had not missed a single day in about 20 years.

So I disagree with you Shelby. I read this article and this person was on his way to nowhere. No challenges, no advancement. And at 47 years old, it starts to get harder to get a new job. Sure, age discrimination is illegal, but it happens all the time. They just come up with some other excuse, like "we found a more suitable candidate". Huh? I have 28 years of successful bank manager experience and no one will even give me the time of day (I'm 57 years young). With all that experience and fantastic track record, how can some new kid fresh out of school be more suitable?

So he got the right advice, in my humble opinion. Move on to something challenging with a chance of advancement before the doors start to close.

Sorry to tell you but the days of a gold watch and a pension are long gone. History!!

If 5 yrs is to long, how long is 6 months? When people are loosing their jobs, homes, I will be dam glad to make 5 yrs or until its time to retire. This individual must have been born with silver spoon in their head and really don't have to work. Must be a young folk. Someday that individual will change and hope its not too late.

Well, I recently finished more than 40 years in the workingworld and I NEVER saw situations "where you put in hard work with a few employers and enjoyed a nice retirement." Some large employers and a few unions had some decent (not "nice") retirement plans, but you pretty much had to STAY with them to get anything. But ever since the times that prompted thedevelopment of IRAs and 401Ks, corporate retirement programs have all but disappeared. So I have no idea where you got that strange expectation. We all like the low prices when we shop butfailtounderstand howthingsgot to this point.