Office turnover (or lack thereof)

[rubytue]

We are moving offices. Office selection is based on seniority. I have 11 years. On the list of 20, I am #15!

This kind of surprises even me.

Anyone else in an office like this? It just seems so stagnant now that I see it in writing.

[Susie]

We seem to have the opposite problem. I'm a 6th year associate here, and aside from the partners I'm having trouble naming anybody with more longevity than me. Even the among the support staff, there's only 2 or 3 that have been here longer than me.

[mrssavy42112]

We're the opposite also. I've been here ~3 years and except for a handful of VPs, not many have been here longer. Lots of turnover.

[ssmjlm]

It used to be that way when I started. Now I'm one of the senior people an I've been here 5 years although my service comp date goes back further than that.

Our agency has done a great job of pushing people out.

[agnes]

In my work, either your a "lifer" (15+ years) or you're a "hopper."

[explorer2001]

There are only three people newer than I am at my firm. One was hired within a month of me.
There are people who have been around since before the founding of the firm.and moved with the founders when they created it. Lots of people have 5+, 10+ years of service. It's a great place and it is rare that anyone wants to leave. One new hire is replacing a soon to be retiree. Otherwise noone has left since I started hear.

[pitterwoo]

worst of both worlds here: a few long timers and the ones who left simply weren't replaced. My department is now 2 people.

[winnied]

No, my offices have always been filled with infants - 30 and under. Ages 30-35 is management and then there were a handful of people in their 40s.

In my last office, everyone was 32 and under, including the boss.

[Deleted]

It was this way in my old department. I had been here almost 4 years when I moved over to my new one, and I was still the newest person in my department. Most had been there 10-25+ years.

My new department has a lot of newer people, but it is also a lot of new positions (I think there are more than double the amount of people working in my department than there were a year and a half ago). So it will be interesting to see how long they all stay. Traditionally my company has been one that people stay at FOREVER but we're undergoing a lot of change in general so that may not be the case anymore.

[gt7301b]

I'm glad we don't do things based on seniority, I'd be screwed. I have 4 years of service and I am at the bottom of the list.

I think everyone else in the group has 20 + years and I know of at least two folks who are retiring next year. (Woohoo, one of them is above me)

[pamela]

My site in general, yeah, really stagnant. My (soon to be ex) department, we turn over at least one a year. Actually, it's been 18 months since our last departure so everyone was wondering when the next would leave. We have a huge gap of people in their mid-thirties/ early forties overall in the industry.

[Deleted]

My industry has a lot of people that move frequently. People sometimes stay a little longer at my company.

I've been in my role 5 years (with one level promotion in there.). I probably need to start thinking about moving on to something else. Almost certainly in the same company.

[rubytue]

Nov 13, 2012 12:46:29 GMT -5 pamela said:

My site in general, yeah, really stagnant. My (soon to be ex) department, we turn over at least one a year. Actually, it's been 18 months since our last departure so everyone was wondering when the next would leave. We have a huge gap of people in their mid-thirties/ early forties overall in the industry.

As a mid-to-late 30-something, I have a good idea why. I grew up determined to be a nuclear engineer. My senior year of HS, my friend's father sat me down and said don't do it (he was one). We had a really long conversation, but the gist was don't, it's dying, there won't be a job for you soon. Early 90s was not an optimistic time for the industry. FTR, I grew up in oak ridge. I also had the grandiose idea I'd invent the first sustainable cold fusion reactor and win the nobel prize. Lol

Truth be told, I probably wouldn't have finished school in that major anyway. But I didn't even try. Ended up at a school without that option.

[everam01]

Yep. We have 550 employees. I have been here 7 1/2 years.

When they reassigned parking spaces due to seniority in a new deck, out of 5 floors I placed on the 4th floor. I was surprised I wasn't lower.

[pamela]

Nov 13, 2012 13:00:38 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Nov 13, 2012 12:46:29 GMT -5 pamela said:

My site in general, yeah, really stagnant. My (soon to be ex) department, we turn over at least one a year. Actually, it's been 18 months since our last departure so everyone was wondering when the next would leave. We have a huge gap of people in their mid-thirties/ early forties overall in the industry.

As a mid-to-late 30-something, I have a good idea why. I grew up determined to be a nuclear engineer. My senior year of HS, my friend's father sat me down and said don't do it (he was one). We had a really long conversation, but the gist was don't, it's dying, there won't be a job for you soon. Early 90s was not an optimistic time for the industry. FTR, I grew up in oak ridge. I also had the grandiose idea I'd invent the first sustainable cold fusion reactor and win the nobel prize. Lol

Truth be told, I probably wouldn't have finished school in that major anyway. But I didn't even try. Ended up at a school without that option.

It's not surprising at all. It is likely to lead to an era of really young managers and execs in the not too distant future. Kind of looking forward to it, kind of scared.

[Melissa W.]

Nov 13, 2012 13:28:35 GMT -5 pamela said:

Nov 13, 2012 13:00:38 GMT -5 rubytue said:

As a mid-to-late 30-something, I have a good idea why. I grew up determined to be a nuclear engineer. My senior year of HS, my friend's father sat me down and said don't do it (he was one). We had a really long conversation, but the gist was don't, it's dying, there won't be a job for you soon. Early 90s was not an optimistic time for the industry. FTR, I grew up in oak ridge. I also had the grandiose idea I'd invent the first sustainable cold fusion reactor and win the nobel prize. Lol

Truth be told, I probably wouldn't have finished school in that major anyway. But I didn't even try. Ended up at a school without that option.

It's not surprising at all. It is likely to lead to an era of really young managers and execs in the not too distant future. Kind of looking forward to it, kind of scared.

It is the same at my DH's plant. I agree it is scary and exciting.

In my department, I am the second most recent hire and I have been here 5 years. We have several Day 1 employees (20+year).