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Entering my 14th year with my present employer, 2 years in present position (but returning to a prior more technical position I much prefer, which I held for 6 years)
5 yrs with my current employer - 1 yr within present position.
I get an extra 5 days of vacation/yr when I hit the 5 yr mark, which was 2 days ago. That's a big deal for me.
On completion of yr 1, healthcare costs drop significantly.
On completion of yr 3, I am fully vested in pension and 403b.
On completion of yr 5, I get extra 5 days vacay.
They have a good HR strategy for keeping someone on board. Nothing huge happens between 5-20 yrs and then (if I stay) I get another 5 days vacation. But every year I stay, I get a decrease in healthcare costs and an increase in the amount the org puts away towards my pension (calculated as a percentage of salary based on age and yrs of service).
Makes it very hard to leave, we call it The Golden Handcuffs.
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