Yes Its a very Common Question
You might have seen or asked or replied to such questions earlier too but still I want to know your opinion.
Does switching a company in let's say 1 years can affect your career in a negative way ( I think the amount of time you stay in company makes a difference hence Is 1 years a good time does that reflects stability ? )
Do let me know what do you think is the right amount of time that one can stay and follow that trend for long period of time ( like lets say for next 10 years ) ....
Minimum 2 yrs. If you are switching at lesser than that period, and if you have done that multiple times, then it gives a very bad impression. And must be a one long tenure across 10 yrs time (like 3 yrs or so minimum). (Exception:- Startup like companies experience)
Two questions that comes to mind looking at people who have never worked in a company for 2+ yrs (for those with total exp of 7+ yrs):-
(1) What did he even learn in these 1 yrs each of working tenures? (Again, exception of startups)
(2) Will he even stay in this organisation? And will he even be able to focus on work? (And nobody wants to hire a guy who will switch again soon. If you are switching at 1 yrs, clearly you are always giving interviews and always preparing for new sorts of interviews, so your attention is divided)
Again, not saying that those switching at 1 yr exp, are bad, not talented, or anything of that sort. Obviously as an employee, we all are free to switch as soon as possible, so as to maximise our salary faster and get better/diverse/enriching experience in lesser time.
But it is just that the person doing so will invite greater, stricter scrutiny at every interview stage (HR, Tech, Managerial). So the bar will be higher. But obviously if one is confident enough of his talent and expertise, one can surly keep switching at every one year.
On a sidenote, It has become very common these days to notice people switching at less than 2 yrs experience. Earlier it used to be rare, but from past 1-2 yrs, I have been noticing so many people of pattern of- total experience 6 yrs, total companies 4-5 (barely 1.5 yrs exp in each org) So it doesn’t look like it is being adhered to these days, though there could be multiple reasons for this (layoff etc too could be one reason).
I think in post Covid-era, the benchmarks have shifted quite a bit. Even for package, earlier it used to be 2x, and now that has gone to 3x-5x (not talking of those exceptional 10x-20x folks).
In the context learning I think its a good point it does take time to learn anything which you haven't done before.
But don't you think as you are getting senior experience vise it won't take much time to learn anything new ( for eg i am working in servicenow as Developer so even if you are working in project which uses totally new module of servicenow as your basics are clear you will able to learn it in less time than before) ...
I personally feel in IT switching from 1 to another Co. Is ok after seeing the growth n increment so if ur good enough with ur work another Co. Will hire you and if the Co is good you and ur happy with it like pkg growth i nean d complete Hamper is excellent Y will any 1 leave so jump and see if u get a better offer with respect to ur age and skill...
Although yes HR do check Resume with long jumps as not stable but in short if they are in need n u have a genuine reason they to try and play but end up hiring....
Yes
