Considering the premise 'I have been with the Department of Manufacturing Technology for about thirty years, twenty-five years as chairman and have recently retired.', is 'I have been working with the Department of Manufacturing technology for fifty-five years total' a statement that stands on its own?
I have been with the Department of Manufacturing Technology for about thirty years, twenty-five years as chairman and have recently retired.###I have been working with the Department of Manufacturing technology for fifty-five years total