For younger workers, job hopping has lost its stigma. Should it?

For the most part. With traditional pensions being rare now, mobile 401ks, layoff culture, and workers having to change jobs to receive pay raises, employers would have to be dumb and foolish to not understand the job hopping mindset.

On the pro side, workers are exposed to more ideas and build a larger network when job hopping.

Employers have no issue cutting employees when it helps their bottom line, why shouldn't an employee hop around for the highest salary possible?

I think, in general, most people should be at a job for a year and, if you just left your old job after a year, you should probably wait a bit longer to leave your next job.

However, it's entirely circumstantial. Toxic work environment? Low pay? Horrendous work/life balance? Dead-end job? And you're supposed to suck it up not be a "job hopper?" Interesting...

One of the first things I look at on a resume.

The stigma behind “job hopping” AKA looking out for your own interests because you know nobody else will is nothing more than another manifestation of the codependent relationship Boomers had with their insanely overrated GI Generation parents and bosses back in the 70s and 80s

Click the red arrow if it makes you feel better but you know in your heart that it’s true

I have 31+ years with two companies that are now Merged into one company.

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Dawn Fay, operational president for talent solutions and business consulting at Robert Half, said in an email that the survey also asked hiring managers their top concerns when evaluating a candidate’s resume: 77% named job hopping.

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psyop intended to keep labor costs down

If you work five years for a company and haven’t positioned yourself for a promotion to a higher paying position then you probably should change jobs. But hopefully you perform better at you next job.
I started at an entry level position and within five years promoted to a supervisory role with good increase in pay. Did that role for five years and promoted into a management role for another good bump in pay. Did that role for three years and had opportunity to move into sales with a separate division within our company. Was lateral in pay but did increase my skill set within the company. Did that for three years and switched to yet a third division within my company back into a mangement role for a slight bump in pay. Did that role for four years and then moved into a higher level management position with another good bump in pay and have been doing that for past four years. I really enjoy what I am currently doing and am making good money. I will likely try to hang into this position til I retire. There is one corporate level position that I have been positioning myself for. If it were to come to fruition great but if not, I and content where I am. 25 years and all at one company.

My point is that every few years I had positioned myself to move up and make more. I didn’t just expect someone to give me more money because I was changing jobs. All this bullshite about what the company owes you. They owe you a paycheck and a safe environment to work in. You owe them 40 hours of your best job performance. As long as you are giving them the work and they are giving you a paycheck then both sides have fulfilled their agreement.

I advised my 23yo kid to avoid job hopping. But he’s now moved jobs 3 times in 4 years and doubled his salary. I certainly can’t fault it. Especially knowing how quickly companies would cut him off it were in their interests

He works in cybersecurity which gives him great leverage and he’s played his hand very well

If employers owe nothing to you, you owe nothing to your employers.