I’ve been with my same employer for almost 18 years. Private sector. The corporate name has changed a bunch of times (bought, split, bought again, now for sale again.) Most of my work group have been here 7 years or longer. Several have tenures that make me seem like a newbie.
Neighbor went to work for the county. Lasted 1 year before he ran screaming back to the private sector.
Dad worked private sector – 32 years with his last employer.
Mom worked for the county – 20 years total under two agencies.
Brother worked private sector to start (20 years) with an average tenure of 3-5 years, then went to work for the state (not Cali) – and was laid off after 2 years. (unrelated – he died shortly after that.)
Lots of costco employees at my local costco have been there since it was Price Club (started in the 80’s)
I’d love to see hard data on this. I don’t see any trends when looking around my friends and family.
