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  • heymirth
    heymirth Posts: 448
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    I'm a auto designer. I designed auto show cars for years, everything from the 1st Aztec. Yuck to the latest Camero and G6
    Fun job. Lots of glamour once a year.
    I do wedding and portrait photography on the side, It's my retirement extra cash
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
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    I'm a technology journalist specialising in military innovations. Despite poor pay and conditions, journalists tend to stay in their roles for a while as new jobs are few and far between. I've been in this one for three years now.
    Submarine Communications Electronics Technician for the US Navy.
    Can I interview you? :laugh:
  • Weathers58
    Weathers58 Posts: 246 Member
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    Commercial Pilot
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
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    I'm a Data Analyst in the NHS, low turnover rates for non-healthcare professionals. Saying that I'm looking at changing career and becoming a healthcare professional as I'm fed up reporting stats and want to start doing something to change them!!
  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
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    I'm a technology journalist specialising in military innovations. Despite poor pay and conditions, journalists tend to stay in their roles for a while as new jobs are few and far between. I've been in this one for three years now.
    Submarine Communications Electronics Technician for the US Navy.
    Can I interview you? :laugh:

    The official answer I'm required to give :frown: is that it would have to go through the Navy's PR office. I can talk about some of the aspects of my job etc off the record, but I can not publicly speak about my job, opinions, etc while being a member of the uniformed services :(
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
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    I'm a auto designer. I designed auto show cars for years, everything from the 1st Aztec. Yuck to the latest Camero and G6
    Fun job. Lots of glamour once a year.
    I do wedding and portrait photography on the side, It's my retirement extra cash

    You were responsible for that abomination of a car (Aztec)?

    Get him!

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  • capinoy
    capinoy Posts: 118 Member
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    I work in I.T. as well for a hospital. While the I.T department is pretty stable I do notice a high turn over with the nurse's especially in the Med-Surg department coming in and getting out after about a year. I found out that they are leaving for other departments where the ratio is 1:1, etc. In our Med-Surg one told me that they go 1:6 when it should be 1:5. Pretty crazy. What department do you work in?
  • erinfog
    erinfog Posts: 95 Member
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    i work in investment banking. turnover is generally cyclical and peaks right after bonuses are paid. much less turnover than in the past though given everything that's going on in the industry (i.e. deferred bonuses, not many opportunities elsewhere, etc). mostly just downsizing / people getting fired. i've been here for 6 years. probably half of my team has been here since i started and the other half changes pretty frequently. the younger people tend to jump around a lot. the older people find it harder since it's difficult nowadays to find another institution that will pay all your deferrals out unless you are bringing something very lucrative to the table.
  • Kttyler87
    Kttyler87 Posts: 141 Member
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    I am a Artist. I do work for clients and myself, I draw anythings from Portraits to Pets. Love my job!
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
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    I sell drugs for a big bad pharmaceuticals company. hate the game, not the player.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    I work in IT. There is a noticeable amount of churn, but that is part of the industry. Going on 5 years, my current job is the longest I have worked at one company in quite a while, though my job function has changed 3 times. The majority of the people in my department have been there since I started. There seems to be something of a split - one segment which is relatively stable, and another segment where they just don't like or can't handle the job, or are chasing more dollars.

    Yeah, I was at a job for 12 years and it was the same type of "split".
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    I work for 911, and have a very high turnover rate due to the high stress, and demands of the job. In the 7 years I've been here, I have seen so many people come and go. Now I'm the training coordinator, and am hoping to help prepare the new hires before they get on the phones or start dispatching, so they are aware of the stress, and give them ways to help handle it.

    Hubby is a firefighter/paramedic in a violent city.
    I understand your stress...
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    I'm a Data Analyst in the NHS, low turnover rates for non-healthcare professionals. Saying that I'm looking at changing career and becoming a healthcare professional as I'm fed up reporting stats and want to start doing something to change them!!

    What are you interested in doing specifically?
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    I'm a auto designer. I designed auto show cars for years, everything from the 1st Aztec. Yuck to the latest Camero and G6
    Fun job. Lots of glamour once a year.
    I do wedding and portrait photography on the side, It's my retirement extra cash

    You were responsible for that abomination of a car (Aztec)?

    Get him!

    angry-mob-o.gif


    :bigsmile:

    G6 was pretty cool
  • bluefrog_2001
    bluefrog_2001 Posts: 138 Member
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    Phlebotomist aka vampire!

    Me too! LOVE IT!
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    I work in I.T. as well for a hospital. While the I.T department is pretty stable I do notice a high turn over with the nurse's especially in the Med-Surg department coming in and getting out after about a year. I found out that they are leaving for other departments where the ratio is 1:1, etc. In our Med-Surg one told me that they go 1:6 when it should be 1:5. Pretty crazy. What department do you work in?

    I work in long term care- aka nursing home.
    I can have up to 25 patients a shift.
    We do "team" nursing as opposed to "primary" nursing like they do in the hospital, so I have the help of nursing assistants.
    I only work part time so I think that makes it bearable.
    But, you need to have decent management.
    A bully manager makes an already difficult job miserable.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    I sell drugs for a big bad pharmaceuticals company. hate the game, not the player.

    Any freebies?:bigsmile:

    I mean like pens and stuff...:wink:
  • HardyMichelle
    HardyMichelle Posts: 32 Member
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    I'm a scheduler for a very fast Urology clinic. Turnover here isn't so bad in the back office but the MAs that work in the back (I am a Registered Medical Assistant but I work in scheduling) turns over every couple of months. My job is high-stress and there's only two of us, so our jobs are pretty secure. We see about 80-100 patients a day.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    I'm a scheduler for a very fast Urology clinic. Turnover here isn't so bad in the back office but the MAs that work in the back (I am a Registered Medical Assistant but I work in scheduling) turns over every couple of months. My job is high-stress and there's only two of us, so our jobs are pretty secure. We see about 80-100 patients a day.

    Wow, that's just insane:noway:
    Docs must be making good $$$$?
  • mjoslin1990
    mjoslin1990 Posts: 142 Member
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    I work for 911, and have a very high turnover rate due to the high stress, and demands of the job. In the 7 years I've been here, I have seen so many people come and go. Now I'm the training coordinator, and am hoping to help prepare the new hires before they get on the phones or start dispatching, so they are aware of the stress, and give them ways to help handle it.

    ditto on that I'm in 911 and I've been here 2 yrs. Pay is decent I have no intentions of leaving (granted I'm only 22). There is a good portion of people who have been here for 4+yrs but there is also a LOT of "new" hires. I think the new hires are due to us being short handed.

    A lot of people would like to transfer out though if given the chance (we have a transfer freeze). As for the agency (employer) as a whole, low turnover rate.

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