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Views on Job Hopping

Eduardo L.
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Hello, everyone!

I would like to know your views on Job Hopping. 

The days when someone could expect to start working and grow in a single company, working there up until retirement, are long gone.

Greatly because companies have been capping employee growth both in terms of positions and salaries through fixed policies that force the best ones to get out of the company in order to grow their career. 

This may be beneficial for the company in terms of numbers, since company will be absorbing value that should have gone to the employees. But what about the long run? 

Is this fixed growth structure capturing value from employees in the best interest of the company? Isn't HR the one most benefiting from this trend since they manage internal workloads through fixed policies, force employees out and then get high bonuses from new hires?

What do you think of this trend? 

Would you job hop in order to grow your career?

What time-frame would you follow to job hop and get the best results?

Looking forward to your inputs.

Have a great day!

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    I've been with my company for almost 11 years now--it's noted as one of the best places to work in my state. Being here so long means I now get 20+ vacation days a year because we base it off length of service. I've also built up like 90 sick days or something ridiculous like that. So staying where I'm at and taking the 2-3% salary bump each year might not be "maximizing my earning potential" like job hopping would, but I've also built rapport with co-workers and management.

    However, a good problem we have is that we've built up so much talent in this company and very few people actually leave the management/executive roles. When these roles begin opening up due to retirements, all of the other talented in-house candidates I'll be competing might make it difficult to continue any aspirations at higher positions.

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    I've been with my company for almost 11 years now--it's noted as one of the best places to work in my state. Being here so long means I now get 20+ vacation days a year because we base it off length of service. I've also built up like 90 sick days or something ridiculous like that. So staying where I'm at and taking the 2-3% salary bump each year might not be "maximizing my earning potential" like job hopping would, but I've also built rapport with co-workers and management.

    However, a good problem we have is that we've built up so much talent in this company and very few people actually leave the management/executive roles. When these roles begin opening up due to retirements, all of the other talented in-house candidates I'll be competing might make it difficult to continue any aspirations at higher positions.

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