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Are all your old work places still going?

(34 Posts)
Faraget Sat 24-Oct-26 18:35:26

No for me a co op I worked at is now a home

yogitree Sun 25-Oct-26 08:35:38

No, I had over 30 temp/part time and full time jobs (whatever I could get over the years). Only a handful of them survive - Inland Revenue and Banks being two. Third sector being another 2, Council Social Work being the other.

Harris27 Sun 25-Oct-26 08:51:12

Well I retired and went back so yes mines still there!,

JamesandJon33 Sun 25-Oct-26 08:54:27

The primary school I taught at was amalgamated with another, so, no not really. I did several holiday jobs as a student. Kodak, packing photographs and office work. Those places have gone now. Only the post office, where I worked at Christmas is still there. Though I think they don’t take students these days.

Humbertbear Sun 25-Oct-26 09:02:04

The two universities I worked for are still going strong although one is always rumoured to be in financial trouble. The large oil company I worked for when I left school still exists as does the library which was my Saturday job.

Elusivebutterfly Sun 25-Oct-26 10:19:18

Of the four places I worked before having children, three still exist, one still in the same site (Shell Oil on the south bank).

After having children, I worked in the NHS and some places are still the same. My last job was in a major London hospital, so still there.

pably15 Sun 25-Oct-26 10:32:52

The first place I worked was a factory, it's now Tesco, next place was a hospital, now has quite expensive houses built where it once was

JackyB Sun 25-Oct-26 10:47:11

I left two jobs when the firms were bought out/taken over.

My first Saturday job was in a nice department store - long gone. (Was a Curry's last time I looked. )

The one I worked at until my first son came along has changed names several times but I think it's still there. Might check next time I'm in Mannheim.

Firms are closing down at an alarming rate. Established companies, too, not just small businesses.

25Avalon Sun 25-Oct-26 11:05:51

Bit of a shock a couple of years back to discover my old work place was a hole in the ground!