Posted on 01/26/2025 7:52:22 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Better leave than wait out the clock. Aspirational workers beware, staying at one company won't get you out of a dead-end role. Gen Zers might be on the right track, as job-hopping is shaping up to be the solution to the workplace blues.
Young workers are especially likely to quit a job as a way of getting ahead early on in their careers. Most (83%) consider themselves to be job-hoppers, according to a report from ResumeLab—and they're onto something.
New research reveals that sticking to one boss and one company doesn’t always lead to success these days, as workers have found out the hard way that the contract between employer and employee has been severed in the 21st century. No
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It doesn’t make sense to me either, but it seems to be the way of the corporate world.
New research reveals that sticking to one boss and one company doesn’t always lead to success
Nothing new here. Started in the 90s in IT. 5 different companies in 3 years, went fro 32K to 85K.
Scott Adams is a great example of job hopping . He quit at least three jobs because he knew DEI would hold him back. Dilbert may not be running in the papers anymore but Scott continues to soldier in via his own web page.
From 1979 till about 1990, I worked at 27 different shops around the Detroit suburbs. The job title was either Blue Print / Gopher, Detailer, Layout, Designer or Checker - in the Drafting biz. That was the way you grew your rate. Sometimes I’d leave for $1/hr raise, sometimes $3 or $4/hr, once or twice I took a pay cut, but in the world of drafting back then, that was business as usual. Apparently, Gen Z is figuring out the same can be done these days.
Now that's some mighty fine hopping! Kudos.
Job hopping is tough if unemployment is really high; easy if workers are short.
You are competing with others every day whether you realize it or not. Always be open to opportunity. Keep building your knowledge, continuing education is key. If your knowledge stagnates your value will drop as others leave you behind. As your knowledge increases you will leave your competition behind or at least keep up better.
If you are a young white guy, it has been very hard to obtain a promotion.
It was not as hard 20-30 years ago, but women and minorities were still favored in administrative promotions and hiring.
Yes. That’s the way of it. If I could advise my 30 year younger self, I’d advise differently.
I’ve heard bosses say that they don’t promote from within because if they did, and the employee went rogue, then it would be difficult if not impossible to fire him given his track record of good evaluations and the promotion. It would be easy for the employee to argue that he was getting fired for an inappropriate reason (eg racism, handicap, etc).
I keep seeing that same attitude repeatedly.
The companies created this monster by referring to employees as human resources, similar to a pen or pencil, and saying everyone is replaceable.
If you want loyalty then treat people like they’re more than a piece of paper that gets a pizza party every few years and tossed when you get make an extra buck off of a newbie.
There's a big difference between someone who has 10 years of experience and someone who has 1 year of experience 10 times.
-PJ
Young workers are especially likely to quit a job as a way of getting ahead early on in their careers. Most (83%) consider themselves to be job-hoppers, according to a report from ResumeLab—and they’re onto something.
If I was starting today, I would pick a small company with a good leader that cares.
One of the big enemies of small business is regulation. Trump has this on the agenda I am sure.
If done right, there will not be a lot of jobless people but many self employed people. Self employed people are not easy to control like employees.
This is a major change in our society and will take time.
Something I was told. If you promote from within you have two positions with new people. From without only one.
And it means the lower position can train the higher one.
Same guy (HR) said he would never promote someone who stayed in a position for more than 3 years as they are “damaged goods.”
The only up is often out
Companies put on a show of wanting loyalty, but they never really mean it. It is just a way to make employees feel better about staying in jobs that will never provide raises or promotions.
There can be good personal reasons to stay in such jobs. Loyalty to the employer is not one of them.
I would use a 2 year rule. Be open to staying in one position and look at all the others to see if they’re getting anything out of staying longer. Some are fearful of the unknown so they stick around. Looking over one’s shoulder should be an everyday activity.
“75% of employees leave before ever getting promoted”
Now that’s a “DUH” statement if there ever was one. Not everybody can get promoted. If a boss handles five to ten subordinates, then you’ve got a lot of competition for that one promotion.
“the contract between employer and employee has been severed in the 21st century”
I remember hearing that 50 years ago. Young people always think history started this morning at breakfast.
Job hopping has always been the best strategy for getting ahead in the corporate world.
That was perfectly obvious in the 60’s and 70s’. It has never changed.
Our grandkids and nieces and nephews cracked that code/reality before their first job after college.
We had a guy come in who never stayed at a job more than a few months.
Management thought he was the cat’s meow and paid him lots of money.
Then when he left six months later management was just incensed.
I had no idea why they thought he would stay.
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