Difference between tenses used in "since" sentence

English as a Second Language
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Kindly ask what’s the difference between the two sentences below:

  1. It’s 3 years since I worked in the company.
  2. It’s 3 years since I have worked in the company.

Someone says that the first sentence means that I left the company 3 years ago, I don’t know whether the explanation is correct

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Hi and welcome to our forum. I’m afraid none of your sentences is correct because it should read:
It’s been 3 years since I worked at the company.

By the way, your first sentence also needs a little correction:

Can you please tell me the difference between these two sentences?

Please let me know if this makes sense to you.

Many thanks,
Torsten

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Thanks for your correction
If it says like 1. It has been 3 years since I worked at the company.
2. It has been 3 years since I have worked at the company.

Some people say if using the past simple tense after “since” means that I quitted the job there 3 years ago, but using the present perfect tense means I’m still working at the company, is that true?

Especially for the first sentence, in my opinion, it more like " I was working at the company 3 years ago, but somehow, I left the company later.

So kindly ask which understanding is correct, thank you!

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The sentence It’s been 3 years since I worked at the company means that I quit (not ‘quitted’) working at the company 3 years ago and haven’t worked there since. Please let me know if this make sense.

Also, please use the word ‘please’ instead of ‘kindly’.

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“since I worked”

This is the way it’s normally said.

“since I have worked”

This slightly implies that they have worked there multiple times. So the implication is that it’s been three years since the most recent time.

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Thanks! That’s make sense

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Thank you for your correction

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