I graduated in 2017, and I’ve worked at three different companies since graduation (having spent a little over a year at each one). I’ve enjoyed the teams and work at prior companies and have always jumped ship due to higher salaries and title changes (i started as an analytics consultant at a big4 and made my way to data scientist at lyft). I’m thinking about potentially leaving again as a former manager of mine has asked me to join their team at a FANG company and I would get a 35% raise and arguably be at a more stable company. Should I go through with this or is it not worth being labeled a serial job hopper?
I think if you have goals of eventually reaching really high levels or moving into management, working for 15-20 more years, etc you can’t skip around forever. If you plan to leanFIRE in 4-5yrs or smth then it doesn’t matter. I also think naturally you’ll eventually settle somewhere anyway - why not jump to a high TC to do that at first?
Time to flag all posts with this as a reply. Maybe admin can suspend the accounts of these people. 🙄
TC or you don’t get to talk to the admins
It’s not a problem early in your career. Everyone needs time to find themselves and figure out what they like. I would consider staying for a while at your next job if you can.
Actually that is when it is the biggest problem. You need to build credibility, a track record and a network. Chasing the money is a great way to establish yourself as someone who can't stay put long enough to get results. Instant no hire from any reasonable person. Stay at a job a minimum of 2-4 years with promotions along the way and you will be in good shape when Gen-Z thinks you're unemployable.
I think you can build credibility and a network without staying > 2 years. And you can jump around for reasons other than chasing money. I’ve never heard of it being a red flag unless you establish a long pattern of it, which OP doesn’t yet seem to be, but may soon.
Hop. If they appreciate your work they'll counteroffer and beat it.
No they won't. Besides conventional wisdom says never take a counteroffer because you are already one foot out the door. They will let you go even though they gave you that raise as fast as they can.
Or... they will pass on you thinking you are a flight risk.
I wouldn’t hire you... but it’s purely subjective. I hate interviewing and seeing a CV of someone that jumps ship every year triggers pain in my brain as I know you’ll jump ship whenever company B offers you a better title and I’ll have to go again through the whole interview process (which can take months) to find someone to replace you while adding workload to my team to cover for your leave Again, I understand you are at Lyft, a company that is currently struggling so it makes sense so my advice is to stay in your next company few good years (min. 2 or 3) so future managers don’t see you as a risky hire
At the end of the day, your happiness is what is most important. If money is what drives your happiness, then you should be doing everything you can in your power to maximize your earnings. Jumping ship every single year may not look the best on the resume, but if you are checking all of the other boxes as a great candidate, then I wouldn’t necessarily consider that a reason to not hire you (I am a hiring manager of an analytics consulting team). The purpose of life is to be happy right? Not to have the “best” resume in all of corporate America. Who even defines “best”? Especially with all of the comments on this thread, we can see there are people who are at both sides of the spectrum with this decision so clearly you cannot please everyone. Might as well focus on pleasing yourself. Especially if you are learning more about what you like/don’t like at each company and can fully articulate why you left each, then I think you should continue to do what you think is best for your future and not let the “should/should not” beliefs dictate your decisions. Your happiness >> what other people think about your decisions
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You have been fortunate to live in a world where the economy has grown so you don't have an idea about the results of your actions. Now that companies are starting to lay people off, It's important to stay in one place for as long as you can or you will become unemployable.
lol 😂😂😂
So immature. Wait til you are in your 30s. I will be buying a latte from you at Starbucks.