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This makes a lot of sense, but I'm curious about whether leaving after 7 months will look bad on me if I go to an interview with another company. For instance,

This makes a lot of sense, but I'm curious about whether leaving after 7 months will look bad on me if I go to an interview with another company. For instance, when I explain that it is due to money issues, will it make me look greedy or lacking dedication?

fusiongyro 14y ago
No, for three reasons: 1. Nobody expects someone your age to have many years of continuous employment at one company on your CV. You're young. Capitalize on it. 2. Programming jobs have a fairly high turnover rate anyway. There is the tacit assumption that if you want better terms you'll find another job. 3. Nobody will ever think less of you for leaving an unfair employer. If they see many short stays on your CV they may start to wonder if you're the problem, but one or two aren't enough to be an indicator. Also, as your CV gets larger, you can omit 3 month jobs that didn't work out, and simply not talk about them while searching for a job.
- shanelja 14y ago
  That's a good point, luckily, I'm quite fortunate, I left the UK for 2 years to live in Spain and spent nearly the entire time in constant employment, so I have a pretty good track record as far as past employment goes. Thanks for taking your time to answer me :)
kfullert 14y ago
I think in the industry I'm in (CRM consultancy) then "job-hopping" can look bad - it was mentioned at my last interview (end of last year) that my CV doesn't look the best for the amount of jobs I've had (9 different jobs in 15 years) however at your age I wouldn't expect it to be negative at all - I had 5 different jobs between the ages of 16 and 20 and it didn't hold me back at all. When I'm happy in a position, I'll stay till the bitter-end (case in point, the dream-job I had I stayed there for 5 years, until the company went bankrupt) whereas 2 of my jobs have only lasted 6-9 months due to things not being right - things you don't pick up on in the interview or probation period, but you know it's something you can't happily live with. Everyone has the right to do the best for themselves, and it's not greedy at all to want to have more than £3 a week left over from your bills to actually eat, which I'm assuming means you don't have any money left to socialise or do something just for you (which is important as well)
- shanelja 14y ago
  I'm really glad to have received so much support, I expected wide-spread "stay" please to be perfectly honest. And you are perfectly right, my social life has suffered, I couldn't go out for the Halloween parties with my friends, and it's quite demoralizing, especially when I see people who are on benefits and receiving more money to live off than me.

fusiongyro 14y ago

No, for three reasons: 1. Nobody expects someone your age to have many years of continuous employment at one company on your CV. You're young. Capitalize on it. 2. Programming jobs have a fairly high turnover rate anyway. There is the tacit assumption that if you want better terms you'll find another job. 3. Nobody will ever think less of you for leaving an unfair employer. If they see many short stays on your CV they may start to wonder if you're the problem, but one or two aren't enough to be an indicator. Also, as your CV gets larger, you can omit 3 month jobs that didn't work out, and simply not talk about them while searching for a job.

shanelja 14y ago
That's a good point, luckily, I'm quite fortunate, I left the UK for 2 years to live in Spain and spent nearly the entire time in constant employment, so I have a pretty good track record as far as past employment goes. Thanks for taking your time to answer me :)

kfullert 14y ago

I think in the industry I'm in (CRM consultancy) then "job-hopping" can look bad - it was mentioned at my last interview (end of last year) that my CV doesn't look the best for the amount of jobs I've had (9 different jobs in 15 years) however at your age I wouldn't expect it to be negative at all - I had 5 different jobs between the ages of 16 and 20 and it didn't hold me back at all. When I'm happy in a position, I'll stay till the bitter-end (case in point, the dream-job I had I stayed there for 5 years, until the company went bankrupt) whereas 2 of my jobs have only lasted 6-9 months due to things not being right - things you don't pick up on in the interview or probation period, but you know it's something you can't happily live with. Everyone has the right to do the best for themselves, and it's not greedy at all to want to have more than £3 a week left over from your bills to actually eat, which I'm assuming means you don't have any money left to socialise or do something just for you (which is important as well)

shanelja 14y ago
I'm really glad to have received so much support, I expected wide-spread "stay" please to be perfectly honest. And you are perfectly right, my social life has suffered, I couldn't go out for the Halloween parties with my friends, and it's quite demoralizing, especially when I see people who are on benefits and receiving more money to live off than me.