I have been working for vs I have been working in

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have been working for' is used to indicate the duration of employment with a specific company or person, while 'I have been working in' is used to specify the field or industry where the work is being done.

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I have been working for

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the duration of employment with a specific company or person.

This phrase is used to express the length of time someone has been employed by a particular company or individual. It is followed by the name of the company or person.

Examples:

I have been working for ABC Company for five years.
She has been working for her uncle since she graduated.
He has been working for the government for a decade.

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I have been working for the Bulgarian National Railways.
BOTVlN: But, sir... I have been working for nearly two weeks without sleep.
I have been working for 20 years in design.
My colleagues and I have been working for 10 years to rediscover this lost world in a project we call The Mannahatta Project.
I have been working for you for ten years, and I have no more responsibility than when I started.
I have been working for it since the Madrid Conference, many years ago, and I expect to continue working for it while I still have the energy and the strength.

Alternatives:

I have been employed by
I have been working at
I have been with
I have been under the employment of
I have been serving at

I have been working in

This phrase is correct and commonly used to specify the field or industry where the work is being done.

This phrase is used to specify the field, industry, or type of work in which someone has been engaged. It is followed by the field or industry.

Examples:

I have been working in the technology sector for ten years.
She has been working in education for her entire career.
He has been working in finance since he graduated.

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I have been working in a hospital for a couple of years and... I was a kind of a candy striper myself.
I have been working in a hospital, I'm a candy striper.
We asked him where he had learned to speak Greek and he replied: I speak Greek because I have been working in Greece for 10 years;I went back to my country and returned and now I am applying for asylum.
I have been working in that in case since the first day.
Ladies and gentleman, I have been working in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs for five years.
I have been working in the field of External Actions since coming to the ECA in 2004 and I was appointed Dean of the respective Audit Group in June 2009.
Since my appointment as Member of the Court on 10 June 2011, I have been working in Audit Chamber 3 which is responsible for auditing External Actions.
I have been working in hospitals for 15 years, and for a time I was in fact a healthcare worker in a critical area: the operating theatre.
Despite the fact that I have been working in the system for three years and have a legal training, on a number of occasions I have been unable to follow the sequence of events which goes to make up the final legislative document.
I have been working in the Committee on Budgets for six years now and even before this, it was always a matter of budgetary policy and not just the technical aspect.
On the basis of my own experience - and I have been working in that region on behalf of the European Parliament for ten years now - I see only one feasible option, which is to move in the immediate future towards limited, restricted and supervised independence.

Alternatives:

I have been employed in
I have been engaged in
I have been active in
I have been involved in
I have been participating in

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