You've given every reason to stay exactly where you are.

It depends on what YOU want. I've read many of your previous posts and you don't seem like someone who is wanting to go out there and "kill it" professionally. A consistent, easy job may be fine by you. We're around the same age, but I hit rock bottom professionally in 2013. I had to do something. I took on some higher risk, higher reward jobs. One blew up in my face in 2016, and then I landed where I am now. Things are going well for me now. I have a fairly easy job and I make well above average income for my local area. After the last job blew up, I'm more conservative than I used to be. If I could make another 30%-50% in an area I want to live in, I'd probably move, but I'm not going to move laterally (unless it was a government job) or for some nominal raise. If things change here, then I'll reconsider.

There is nothing career-suicidal about staying in the same job for years. It's shows you're a contented, reliable employee who doesn't flit from job to job and will stay if hired for a new position. I have never heard of a stigma associated with that.

At the end of the day, how is the company doing financially? Is the automation demon going to hurt your business or job position? Everything in life has its drawbacks. As long as you are learning something that helps in you in the end that i say you are good.

I have been at the same company, a healthcare organization, for almost 22 years. I was there when it was a single 244 bed hospital with two clinics. We are now a 2 hospital 15 clinic healthcare organization that owns an imaging company with 4 locations and owns a half million square feet of medical office space. Total square feet under our organization is closing in on 2 million square feet of space. I plan on being here for another 21 years or longer. The earliest I plan on retiring is when I turn 75. My wife has worked here, in another department, since 2000. Many people in our organization have been here for many years. We have people that have worked here from as long as 52 years on down to recently hired, with a lot of people that are 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 year employees. I have not stayed in the same position though. Started as a locksmith, moved into Plant operations, became a Building Operator, became a Certified Building Operator, Managed small projects, became a Project Manager. Now I oversee our clinic remodels projects, small construction projects, and special projects within the healthcare system.

As a millennial, the downside I see to staying with a company a long time is, at a certain point your skills are [seen as] no longer relevant to any other company except that company. I can't tell you how many times I hear longtimers at my corporation say, "But that's the way we've always done it!" These people have 20-30 years with my corporation. They have no work experience beyond their limited world view of this corporation. It is frustrating for those of us who have come from outside the organization with years of broad experience from various other companies. They are seen as inflexible and rigid in their thinking. Good luck making your decision.

If you are doing ok salary wise, the job is alright and you have good retirement stay put. Job jumping does not always work. I learned the hard way you have no idea what is going on in companies until you are inside the door. What looks good from the outside can be a nightmare inside. If your job blows, move on. If not, stay put. And don't worry about promotions or other nonsense. Concentrate on F-you money. Save, invest, and climb the financial ladder. That is the key to success. When you are 65 on the golf course you think anybody cares about your position, your promotion, or other work related stories? Nope.

Hey, stay exactly where you are! You're happy so that's all that matters. Not everyone is the type who wants to rise through the ranks, etc. My retired aunt got herself a fun job just to keep herself busy, but she works quite a lot at 5-6 days a week. She's had plenty of chances to move up to a higher position, but that's not her goal. She's now been at this 2nd job of hers for 20 years & she still loves it.

Civil servants are the most common group that works many years for the same employer. And there are a million jokes about them.

When I was 22 and fresh out of school, I was an idealistic go-getter. I used to work 12+ hours every day, 6+ days a week, whatever the managers wanted. I resented the people who were coasting on auto-pilot and working 8-5. Now I have become the person that the 22-year-old me hated. LOL! Not everyone is going to be a manager, VP, or CEO. Competent individual contributors are just as important. Make your career whatever you want it to be!

Hey there is nothing wrong with being comfortable at your job. Not everyone is built to be a manager or hold the top positions. It looks like you have a comfortable, flexible, some would say cushy spot. Good for you. I don't know if career suicide since you don't seem to have much ambition to move up. And you're right, sometimes the grass looks greener on the other side. However, staying at the same position 8+ years do carry some risks. You can price yourself out of a job. You could get to a point where the money they are paying you doesn't make sense for the job you are doing. Also if there is ever a takeover, merger, or management change, and they want to reduce headcount. They could look to get rid of you since all you know is the same job you have been doing for almost 10 year. Staying where you are could be the smartest play. Sounds like you have a steady stress-free job that pays well. Who wouldn't like one of those? But if you want to move up and/or do different things, gonna have to leave the nest. Good luck

Stay in your job so that you don't appear undependable, wishy-washy, flighty or a job hopper. Don't stay in your job so that you don't appear stuck and unwilling to advance. And don't get old. It seems that nowadays you are going to have career suicide no matter what you do.

In my limited experience, it's often hard to know what the hiring people are looking for. I hear management lamenting over the fact that there is no loyalty and that the young people want constant upward mobility and they don't stick, which is ironic in these days where companies restructure and lay people off on a regular basis. The lack of tenure within the company negatively impacted my last employer, as there was a lack of depth of knowledge and experience. There were frequent vacancies that strained the remaining staff, who had to pick up the workload and then help to train the new employee(s). I would think that someone with a stable work history would appear to be attractive to a prospective employer who hopes to find people who will be a long-term employee. I think it often comes down to the preference of each person who is doing the recruiting, interviewing and hiring and it may also depend on the position itself. If someone works for a stable employer, likes their job and is content, then I'm hard put to recommend they go elsewhere unless that job offers them something they don't or can't get at their current job. Good luck to you in whatever you decide.

I thought the fact that people couldn't stay with one company/job for life any longer was what everyone was lamenting in today's society/economy...

In this day in age? Yea... Its career suicide without a doubt. You're basically GUARANTEED to get laid off within a few years thereafter. Why? Human beings are no longer logical. They think if you feel like you want to remain in the same Job title for years, you're just milking the company and becoming complacent. Its all about "leveling up" at all costs the days and screwing everyone over to get those few limited positions at the top even if you may not even have any aptitude for those jobs or want to do them. Is it ridiculous? Yep. Is it non-sensical? Yep. If someone is great at their job and skilled at what they do, why push them out? But its the sad reality of the world we live in today. People are NUTS.