Maybe I’m really old-fashioned but I can’t see how #jobhopping can be seen as positive… As an employer, my approach is simple- a job is a match between the organization and the prospective staff. 1️⃣ It’s a two-way street: Organizations provide pay, learning opportunities, career progression and a healthy work environment; Staff contribute in turn their time, energy, intellect and commitment. 2️⃣ Practically, it does take time to learn and also time before staff are contributing back effectively. Hence I remember back in clinical practice the reluctance to take trainees/ residents for anything less than 6-month stints- 3 months to learn, 3 months to use what has been learnt to contribute back. In the non-clinical world, my experience has been at least 1-2 years for this ‘social compact’ to be realized on both sides. 🚩 Anyway, I would be cautious in #hiring anyone who has been in multiple jobs for only brief periods… A red flag for me.
Juliana Chen
7mo
You know that in clinic training they are now doing 2 months posting. I wonder about all the waste of time for everyone The trainee and the trainer cos you learn nothing in 2 months.
Davika D.
7mo
I mean I'm still in my 20s and I want to experience different industries and jobs before I hit my 30s
Evonne Fouesnant
7mo
Key question is, when is it considered "job hopping"? How is that defined? Also, if you're the kind of person who needs to be challenged, outgrow your job quickly, and the lack of opportunities cause you stagnate for longer than you desire/feel you're no longer challenged/growing, then it's time to leave. Different people learn at different speeds. The faster you pick up on your job, the faster you'd begin to feel frustrated with stagnation if there's no room for further growth/development (typically the HiPos in an organisation). Just like plants in a pot will only grow to as big the pot allows. If you want the plant to grow taller and bigger, you need to move them to a bigger pot so the roots have room to grow further. Same for humans.
Dr Terence Tan
7mo
It’s now around data and metrics. Many employers utilise very impersonal, numbers based assessments with little much else for layoffs and attrition- given this, many employees use similar internal metrics- if I can get a 20% rise by moving, why not? It takes 2 tango in this case and it doesn’t help when research (even anecdotal) has shown that staying in the same company results in lower wage growth. It shouldn't be like this, but it's important to acknowledge the underlying issues.
Leonard Lim
6mo
I beg to respectfully differ though. Employers are constantly looking for employees with a wealth of experience that may transcend different specialties, barriers. One would have to be very very fortunate to be in a company that fosters such growth, allowing their employee to take on various roles, go for various courses, academic placements to become such a person for the company. If it does happen though, more often than not, practically speaking in SG, these employees then become "useless" because they're hardly around and everyone else have to pick up their slack while they "improve" themselves. Therefore, how does one build that library of experience without moving from one position/job to another. The act in itself should not be seen in a negative light because it is human nature to want to seek greener grass. An employer can't ask for an experienced staff from someone who has been stuck in a well their entire lives. Loyal? Sure! But to what end? Only to be replaced at a flick of a finger once they've outlived their usefulness? Time to move away from viewing the noun with such negativity and perhaps see the value that such an employee may provide to the organization.
Generally a new job provided much higher salaries than a pay rise for most companies Thus job hopping to another company can be a good way to boost income Having said that It's good to rotate in a different department but this is generally reserved for high performing employees who are groomed for success Most employees are supposed to stay in their jobs What do you think?
I did learn long ago not to hire these people with a long trail of having tried different things within a short timeframe. To me, it mostly means that they have not made up their minds and it truly is a waste of everyone’s time in an industry where precision and minimal errors is paramount. All the onboarding, training… so much investment on the trainers’ part. There’s gotta be something to be said about the ethics of serial job hopping!
Senior Health Screening Clinician/ Aesthetic Doctor / Primary Care Physician
7moI agree with you , job-hopping indeed not an encouraging thing, however, if the workplace is highly toxicity, what would you do ? 1)staffs gossiping for non productive reasons 2) boss cut your salary and he /she not giving you what had promised earlier 3) very uncomfortable workplace. Like treat the pantry as a doctor’s waiting room ? No balance in distribution of the cases . Will you stay ? Trust me , no body , no body , no body .. and again no body want to be labelled as job-hopping unless the circumstances are so so toxic