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Well I'm sure all other things being equal (which they never are), managers would prefer someone with a less chaotic job history. However, employers seems to ha
by jaredklewis 9y ago
Well I'm sure all other things being equal (which they never are), managers would prefer someone with a less chaotic job history. However, employers seems to have a never ending list of wants including that prospective employees be highly educated, very experienced, self motivated, hard working, good at whiteboard coding, prolific blog post writer, conference speaker, active open source contributor, willing to accept part of compensation in equity, and so on. Companies are lucky to get somone that satisfies 2 or 3 of the above. So from that perspective, perhaps it is unsurprising "company loyalty" often doesn't factor into the hiring decision.
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoIt's a symptom of how hot the job market is, IMO. The traditional view is that employees had to compete to get regular raises and stay employed. It's flipped a bit, and now there's more effort that employers have to make to keep high-value employees from leaving for better pastures. Someone who job hopped five times in ten years has convinced five different employers to give them a significant pay raise to poach them. Someone with one job in ten years is likely in the "I'm just lucky to be employed" category and is less of a hotshot.