Hi,
Just curious to know what's the longest amount of time you guys have been working at one particular company for.
I'm a relatively new kid in the field. I'm almost one year in, will be a year next month, and I already have interviews lined up for potential employers. Reasons I'm interested in leaving: better pay, better benefits, closer to home.
I recently thought about this topic and all of my friends that I met as an undergrad and in grad school left their first job within 1-2 years for jobs that pay a lot more, 10% or so on average.
Another guy that was in my class last quarter, who is in his early 30s, also said that he's never worked at a single firm for more than 3 years.
I know the hindsight is that it looks bad to a potential employer if you've been at a firm for just a year because they will probably think you will jump ship on them sooner than later too.
Just curious to know what's the longest amount of time you guys have been working at one particular company for.
I'm a relatively new kid in the field. I'm almost one year in, will be a year next month, and I already have interviews lined up for potential employers. Reasons I'm interested in leaving: better pay, better benefits, closer to home.
I recently thought about this topic and all of my friends that I met as an undergrad and in grad school left their first job within 1-2 years for jobs that pay a lot more, 10% or so on average.
Another guy that was in my class last quarter, who is in his early 30s, also said that he's never worked at a single firm for more than 3 years.
I know the hindsight is that it looks bad to a potential employer if you've been at a firm for just a year because they will probably think you will jump ship on them sooner than later too.
