Since when has it become an issue to stay in the same company for a long time? I was told last week that having only Xerox on my resume for the past 20 years is not ideal. How is hopping companies every few years now the desirable option? Have things really changed that much in the last two decades?
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should be viewed as a good thing if and when they seek employment else where.
No
Lack of 401k match
Garbage health insurance
No significant raises in years
Hiring managers will see you for the coward you are if you stick around till you're laid off.
With all the layoffs and consolidations many people are multi tasking in positions they never imagined.. This has only added to their resume and should be viewed as a good thing if and when they seek employment else where.
Too many at XRX have stayed in the same position or a similar one for too long. I have tried to move into different types of positions of increasing complexity every 2-3 years. Worked out well. Certain jobs only take so long to master and have absolute upper comp levels.
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6 months??? As a manager that is a huge red flag to me, that tells me she either oversold her skills in her interview and couldn't cut doing the job and got out beforecshe got fired or as someone who lacks committment.....no thanks, I would not hirebyour daughter
If you stay with the same company for 10+ years you become institutional and lack skills , many employers much prefer people who job hop, my daughter never stays for more than 6 months , yet she always gets snapped up by new employers , each time moving up the ladder. You get nothing for loyalty today in the corp world.
It took me working 15+ years of working at Xerox/my XBS core to realize I never want to work another "career" ever again. There's no point. It's jobs from here on out. Just pay me, let me do my job, and leave me alone after I go home.
Frequent job hopping can be a telltale of incompetent and/or toxic person, I've seen that many times.
True, but working the same job for 5+ years is just as bad. 3 to 5 years is the sweet spot, longer is only OK if the position is truly doing cutting edge stuff. Xerox has none of that. Continuing to work for rotten tooth that takes away your 401K match, in this of all job markets is a big red flag too. Where is your backbone, hiring manager will wonder..
Most employers dont deserve good talent nowadays. Perfect example is Xerox. Take my pension and take my good health insurance from me then I dont trust you anymore. I will go work next door just out of spite.
Same job at the same company for 20 years? Yes, that would likely be a problem.
Obvious progression of jobs that require different skills, or more responsibility, with the same company over 20 years? That shouldn't be a problem.
You are out of touch with employers. Employers want a diverse skillset and not someone who is lazy and sits in the same old company for 30 years with 2-3 positions in their career, showing they effectively stagnated their skillset.
On the other end employees move from company to company for quickly career progression and raises you would not otherwise receive if you stayed at Xerox for 30 years with a crummy 3-5% raise in the “good times”.
Frequent job hopping can be a telltale of incompetent and/or toxic person, I've seen that many times. Just because a person has worked at the same place doesn't mean they haven't taken on diverse and growth related tasks.
Most of all, the hiring manager does not want a bad hire. Working more than a few years at the same position is a big red flag.
You want to show prospective employers that you are capable of coming up to speed quickly when given new and unfamiliar tasks. Someone who has changed jobs or employers every few years has a track record of this built into their resume.
I suppose it depends on what you do, to some extent. From an IT point of view: One issue is that, unless you're keeping abreast of modern tools and solutions, (assuming you're in a position where things change over time, and/or are different at different companies) your skillset grows stale, and you'll have a harder time getting considered for more modern positions.
Or at best you'll end up only being suitable for 'legacy' positions with companies whose own legacy folk have moved on to other companies, or to cloud positions within the company. Get stuck on the legacy side, and once whatever you're managing is finally moved to cloud, you may or may not be able to move along with it.