The phrase "ago working for" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate ideas, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "I was working for the company a year ago."
Alternatives: "previously employed by" or "worked for in the past."
Mr. Weinstein started in the business nearly 30 years ago, working for his cousin, Martin Raynes, of M. J. Raynes Inc., a large real estate developer in the city in the 1980s.
Engelmayer, president of Herald PR, started his career almost 30 years ago working for a New York assemblyman and then large public-relations companies representing businesses and nonprofit groups.
Nearly 20 years ago, working for the independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, he laid out broad grounds to impeach Mr. Clinton — words that Democrats can now seize on to apply to Mr. Trump and the Russia investigation.
He did prison time decades ago, worked for years as a factory supervisor, then became homeless for all the familiar, complicated reasons.
"Those TVs have a lot of eyeballs on them," said Greg McElroy, senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Dallas Cowboys, who five years ago worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers and hired Arena Media to sell ads in Dodger Stadium.
In a way, they stole a page from many Silicon Valley service firms that, beginning in the go-go dot-com era of 20 years ago, worked for pay and, when the right opportunities arose, for equity.
Laura Shipp, who moved from Thousand Oaks to Las Vegas five years ago, worked for a heating and air condition company.
When a cable group asked to meet with the FCC on Net Neutrality, Wheeler dispatched an aide who just months ago worked for Comcast.
We started out long ago, working our hearts out for Barry Goldwater, and we're pooped.
I met my husband, Mark Hines, an architect, 17 years ago while working for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
Ms. Herbach, 39, joined the company as an analyst seven years ago after working for the Navy as a civilian lawyer.
