15 Years Later...

[sdelmonte]

Today marks my fifteenth anniversary at The Jewish Museum.

Really.

Yes, really.

I didn't think I'd be here 15 months at first. And there were times when I was trying very hard to find a new job, if only because the longer you stay in one place, the harder it gets to move on.

But you can all guess that I must love what I do. And despite the fairly low pay, despite knowing the place perhaps a bit too well, I do love it here. Certainly I love being able to get all the Jewish holidays and still having four weeks vacation. Certainly I love having early closings on Fridays for the sabbath. But I also love being able to work in the art world. Being able to say that I help to entertain people and to get them to think.

There are worse jobs. Worse ways to spend the time between waking up and coming home. And I am truly thankful for what I've had in the fifteen years here.

But sometimes I have to wonder: who stays in a job for fifteen years? Only nuts like me, I suppose. (Of course, my boss is here over 20 years, and her boss is here over 10, so maybe the place is conducive to nuts?)

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Staying in a job for one's whole life used to be considered the norm. If you enjoy your job enough that you've been there for fifteen years, consider yourself lucky. And congratulations on the anniversary!

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Jonathan's been at his company for almost twenty years. He's changed jobs within the company, but that's it.

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

who stays in a job for fifteen years?

But isn't that the way it used to be? And you're happy which is more than many ever are - long or short term. As a note my father was mentioning the other day how he's been with the same employer for 40 years now.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

I've ben at my place for a tad over 10...

[doeeyedbunny.livejournal.com]

4 weeks vacation?! Lucky duck!
Btw, I've been at my job seven years (and counting...)

[chaos-wrangler.livejournal.com]

The head of my school has been here 34 years (I think), i.e. since she started the place way back when. At the other extreme, I started my second year today and there were 4 brand new people in my building today and I don't know how many in the other 3 buildings...