IF YOU ARE A MILLENNIAL, IT IS APPARENTLY A GOOD IDEA TO
SWITCH JOBS EVERY THREE YEARS.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO SOME CEOS AND HIGHER-UPS IN BIG
COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY TECH COMPANIES WHO DON'T BELIEVE
IT IS A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO PICK A COMPANY AND STAY
WITH THEM UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO RETIRE.
THIS WAS AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY FAST COMPANY, AND THEY
QUOTE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA TO
BASICALLY JOB HOP, GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
"WORKERS TO STAY WITH A COMPANY LONGER THAN TWO YEARS ARE SAID
TO GET PAID FIFTY PERCENT LESS,
AND JOB HOPPERS ARE BELIEVED TO EVERY HIGHER LEARNING CURVE, BE
HIGHER PERFORMERS AND EVEN BE MORE LOYAL, BECAUSE THEY CAROL
MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSION IN THE
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THEY KNOW THEY'LL STAY WITH EACH
EMPLOYER."
MILLENNIALS DO JOB HOP, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DO IT
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO.
PEOPLE GET HIRED BECAUSE OF PART-TIMERS BECAUSE THE
COMPANY DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE THEM BENEFITS.
ALL OF THAT IS TRUE, BUT ALSO MILLENNIAL'S HAVE ADHD, OR
THINK THEY DO, AND THEY ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER.
THE NEXT COMPANY IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
I ñ BY THE WAY, I AM PARTLY BUYING THIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
THE PART I DO BUY IS THAT, YOU DO BUILD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
AND SKILL THAT DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR SOMEONE
ELSE, SOMETIMES YOU GET TYPECAST IN A COMPANY.
YOU CAME IN AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, AND AT THAT COMPANY I CAME
IN REALLY WELL.
I REMEMBER LATER WHEN I BECAME A SUPERVISING PRODUCER, THE
REPORTER WAS SAYING WHY AM I TAKING DIRECTION FROM THE SALES
KID?
SO SOMETIMES THE HOPPING DOES MAKE SENSE.
BUT OVERALL, SAYING THAT HOPPING IS THE RIGHT IDEA IT IS NOT
TRUE, IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION.
AS AN EMPLOYER YOU HAVE TO LOOK AND SAY DOES THIS GUY
HOPPED TOO MUCH, OR HAVE TO LITTLE?
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
THE ANSWER IS A BIG FAT, IT DEPENDS, YOU HAVE TO USE
YOUR JUDGMENT.
THIS ARTICLE WAS A MATCH, AND IT LIT MY ASS ON FIRE.
I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE, I LOVE MY JOB, EVERYTHING IS GREAT, BUT
YOU DO NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY UP YOUR SKILL LEVEL.
ONCE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE IN ONE COMPANY, AND YOU ALREADY
KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT A COMPANY, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE HIT
A CEILING.
MY SOLUTION FOR THAT IS, IF YOU HAVE A GOOD GIG, STICK TO
THAT GOOD GIG.
DON'T LET ALARMIST ARTICLES LIKE THIS CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU
NEED TO LEAVE; HOWEVER, DO SHIT ON THE SIDE.
I DON'T WRITE AT TYT, BUT I WRITE AT RAW STORY AND I
LOVE IT.
IT IS TEACHING ME THINGS ABOUT THIS FIELD THAT I DID NOT
KNOW BEFORE THAT I LOVE.
SOME COMPANIES WANT YOU TO BE EXCLUSIVE, THAT SUCKS, I
THINK THAT IS STUPID, BUT IF YOU CAN DO OTHER THINGS ON THE
SIDE AND YOU ARE MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO DO IT, GO FOR IT.
THAT IS WHAT I THINK.
OKAY, LISTEN, LISTEN ñ IT ALL DEPENDS.
SOMETIMES DOING THINGS ON THE SIDE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
SOMETIMES SAYING I WOULD LIKE A NEW CHALLENGE AT THIS
COMPANY, MAKES SENSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO MY EXPERIENCE OR EXPERTISE IN
ANOTHER FIELD.
THOSE ARE ALL LEGITIMATE THINGS AND YOU SHOULD TALK YOUR
MANAGERS ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE THAT
BECAUSE YOU ARE SHOWING INITIATIVE.
I HAVE DONE THAT TOO, KEEPING IT 100.
WHAT I DON'T WANT YOU EITHER WAY IS PANIC.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS.
SO, JUST CALM DOWN, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO
BE ALL RIGHT.
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY, YOU MUST HOP JOBS EVERY THREE YEARS
OR YOU ARE FALLING BEHIND.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.