Millennial here. When I graduated I joined a small start up company. It was great in the beginning. The people were nice, we had decent parties, life was good.

Millennial here. When I graduated I joined a small start up company. It was great in the beginning. The people were nice, we had decent parties, life was good. I was very loyal, pulling a lot of (unpaid) overtime and I saw myself there until at least their exit. It wasn't until I felt like the company may go under (salaries late, weekly/monthly parties being cancelled among other things) that I looked for a job and took the first offer I got with a multinational organisation. Figured I'd feel out the difference between start ups and large organisations. It was when I got the offer that I'd been stupid. My new base salary, along with a much, much better overall package, was close to 40% jump. I did some research, and wherever I looked, it seemed people mentioned that job hopping a little is the best way to increase your salary. So a year and a half later, I once again, changed jobs, and sure enough, once again, a decent overall package, but also a cool 15% pay-rise. In comparison, I had received a 1% pay-rise just 4 months prior. And furthermore it's been equally great when it comes to the compensation and job hopping. For me, this is just the beginning though. After a year or two you understand a lot of the tooling you work with and I've felt like there's nothing else to learn. Having changed jobs expands my knowledge by a great amount that later I can use to get even more compensation. So why the hell would I stay at any specific company when my compensation is not necessarily bad, but it can be better. But also, I get to learn new things. I get to meet new people. I'm sure I'll get to a point in life where finding new jobs will be harder due to age and whatnot, but I'll keep doing this till I hit that roadblock. In addition, as I've grown, I've realised no company really fully cares for you. At the end of the day, you're just a resource, and if shit hits the fan, you may be one if the first to go. So they don't care about you, so why should I care about them. Give me the right compensation and I'll stay, mess that up, and I'm gone.