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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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    It really depends on your goal and field. In a fast-moving industry, it makes sense to job hop because, in a way, everyone benefits from it. But say, you're in a niche field like watchmaking for example, job hopping would be the worst thing you'd want to do as the company probably is small and the industry is tight. If you're happy where you are, then being loyal to a company will benefit you in the long run. I've got a friend who's mum had been with a company for so long that the boss personally knows and acknowledges her and basically pay for a lot of their expenses.

    However, do run a quick check on who your bosses and HR are to estimate how likely they are to suddenly become a bad person. You obviously don't want to be dumb enough to be loyal to a crook-like hiring system.

    Job-hop, I'd say, follow a 1-2 year time-frame for growth in position titles and cash, but then again nowadays many titles are heavily inflated, so be careful.

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    It really depends on your goal and field. In a fast-moving industry, it makes sense to job hop because, in a way, everyone benefits from it. But say, you're in a niche field like watchmaking for example, job hopping would be the worst thing you'd want to do as the company probably is small and the industry is tight. If you're happy where you are, then being loyal to a company will benefit you in the long run. I've got a friend who's mum had been with a company for so long that the boss personally knows and acknowledges her and basically pay for a lot of their expenses.

    However, do run a quick check on who your bosses and HR are to estimate how likely they are to suddenly become a bad person. You obviously don't want to be dumb enough to be loyal to a crook-like hiring system.

    Job-hop, I'd say, follow a 1-2 year time-frame for growth in position titles and cash, but then again nowadays many titles are heavily inflated, so be careful.

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