I have been working in this company [for three years]. (2025)

Hi,

In the following sentences, does the sentence without "for three years" work? In other words, can I omit the time reference?
I have been working in this company for three years. It's a very difficult work experience. I decide to quit it and change a company.
I have been working in this company. It's a very difficult work experience. I decide to quit it and change a company.

Thank you very much.

stephenlearner said:

I have seen sentences like "I have been working/sleeping" without a time reference. What does it mean?

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Please give us the context in which the sentence was used.

I saw it in a grammar book. It did not provide contexts. It just said it you omitted the time reference, it did not matter. It meant the same.

I have found these examples in the American English corpus:

1. According to Esposito, the team has been working hard at this and is hoping it will lead to better results this weekend.
2.The new drill's been working fine. Its not the greatest drill ever and I plan to buy a nice...
3. making of them gets a tad tricky at times... # So I've been working on a Project. Not for a client per se, more the personal interest
4. So, what are you going to DO about it? # God has been working me over with some simple, yet powerful, reminders from His Word. Not

I can't quote more contexts beyond these, because the system just shows these incomplete sentences.

I have been working here for 2/3/4 years.
I have been working here far too long.
I have been working here ever since.

I have been working here.

I can't think of a context in which saying "I have been working in this company" (by itself, without additional words) would be meaningful.

What would you mean by saying "I have been working in this company since I came to this company?" Unless most people come to the company and don't work, it's simply redundant.

heypresto said:

I have been working here.

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“Why is everything in a mess?”
“I've been working here.”

Doesn't this work?

stephenlearner said:

I worked in another company a while ago. Later I came to this company. I have been working in this company. It's a very difficult work experience. I decide to quit it and change a company.

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What if I say "I have been working as a salesman in this company"?

You're still not coming up with a reason to use the present perfect continuous. "I work as a salesman in this company" is twhat we would normally say.

The following would work:

I have been working as a salesman in this company since 2014.
I have been working as a salesman in this company because I needed a job and they have no other positions available.
I have been working as a salesman in this company, but I plan to look for a new job soon.

Florentia52 said:

"I work as a salesman in this company" is what we would normally say.

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To me, "I work as a salesman in this company“ means "Now I work as a salesman in this company", but it does not say what job you used to do. Maybe I used to work as a salesman too, but maybe I used to work as an HR manager.