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

I feel like if you don't change jobs at least every 5 years, you are leaving a lot of money on the table. Your biggest bump in pay will most likely come from changing jobs.

Most employers don't reward "loyalty".

I agree that you can make more money hopping. However, a lot of times people don’t want to hire someone they’ll train to leave in a year or two. So I get both sides of it.

I do prefer loyalty. But I also agree that for the most part employers don’t value their employees enough, so if you can jump somewhere else for more money then I say you do you and I hope it works out. I stayed loyal to my previous office and all it got me was shite on. Wish I would’ve made the jump to my current place a decade earlier.

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.

I don’t think 5 years is job hopping.

3 jobs in 5 years is job hopping, unless it was for promotions.

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And you're supposed to suck it up not be a "job hopper?" Interesting...

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You’re free to job hop. Potential employers are free to hold it against you.

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

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Most employers don't reward "loyalty".

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They do if you are a promotable future leader of the company. And, if you are willing to stand up for yourself when you see a pay discrepancy emerge.

If you are a “non regrettable” loss then you have no leverage and leaving is the pathway to increased earnings.

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3 jobs in 5 years is job hopping, unless it was for promotions.

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Even if promotions at different companies, that’s a red flag. I want to see promotions at the same company ideally.

Job hopping is absolutely something I will press a candidate for candor on “why” …they are done at initial screen without a good answer.

Lots of industries have tiers. Making “partner” at a small firm and being rewarded for loyalty is a lot less lucrative than being associate or counsel at another firm that can pay 75% more with more interesting work.