ThomasNL (A2)

[lost mica]

Please be patient

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[worn basin]

No, you use the present when it's positive

The idea here is that the manager started working in 1995 and is still working to this day

Since he's still working, French understands that as the present since it cares more about the end result unlike English whose main concern is the started-in-the-past nature

« J'habite ici depuis 2015. »
'I have lived/have been living here since 2015.

« J'habite ici depuis dix ans. »
'I have lived/have been living here for ten years.

Same idea

Passé composé comes in if the sentence is negative since, at the moment of utterance, the manager is no longer working. As far as French is concerned, he started and ended in the past with a clear end so that's passé composé.

[worn basin]

« Je n'ai pas habité ici depuis 2015. »
'I have not lived/have not been living here since 2015.

« Je n'ai pas habité ici depuis dix ans. »
'I have not lived/have not been living here for ten years.

Same idea

@chilly hawk Hope that helps