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Being at a job too long..
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:03 am
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:03 am
Is there such a thing where you can be at a job too long before you start looking for another. What factors makes you decide?
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:03 am to TechDawg2007
yes, I am discovering this now
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:04 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:What makes you feel like this?
yes, I am discovering this now
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:05 am to TechDawg2007
If you feel like you have been at a job too long, you have been.
Start looking elsewhere, but keep it quiet.
Don't burn bridges unless you absolutely don't care.
I went through this same thing a few years ago- at a job I had been at for almost 6 years.
Trust your instincts.
Start looking elsewhere, but keep it quiet.
Don't burn bridges unless you absolutely don't care.
I went through this same thing a few years ago- at a job I had been at for almost 6 years.
Trust your instincts.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:05 am to TechDawg2007
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What factors makes you decide?
When the owner was bragging about installing a 40k home theater in his million dollar home after he told me he couldn't afford to give me a raise at that time.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:05 am to TechDawg2007
Depends on the field IMO.
If a company feels the time it'll take you to "unlearn" your habits from previous company is more than they will recoup from your experience, then they'll go with less experienced. I know my company often would prefer younger hires to older ones because they don't have any bad habits, or are locked into certain systems that are difficult to change.
ETA: Maybe I misunderstood. If you just mean getting bored/complacent, then of course. I would think that along with money is what makes most people decide to leave. I left my old job because I felt I was underpaid and underutilized, while enough experience to be desirable.
If a company feels the time it'll take you to "unlearn" your habits from previous company is more than they will recoup from your experience, then they'll go with less experienced. I know my company often would prefer younger hires to older ones because they don't have any bad habits, or are locked into certain systems that are difficult to change.
ETA: Maybe I misunderstood. If you just mean getting bored/complacent, then of course. I would think that along with money is what makes most people decide to leave. I left my old job because I felt I was underpaid and underutilized, while enough experience to be desirable.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 10:08 am
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:05 am to TechDawg2007
When you feel like perhaps it has been too long, it's been far too long.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:06 am to Cdawg
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When the owner was bragging about installing a 40k home theater in his million dollar home after he told me he couldn't afford to give me a raise at that time.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:07 am to Cdawg
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When the owner was bragging about installing a 40k home theater in his million dollar home after he told me he couldn't afford to give me a raise at that time.
i feel you here cdawg. my boss claimed at times he "wasn't taking a paycheck home". Meanwhile he put an addition to his house and re-did the entire yard. frick that shite
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:08 am to TechDawg2007
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What factors makes you decide?
satisfaction with the job, my attitude at work or about the job. If I cease to enjoy what I am doing or find my job starts to annoy me to too great an extent- I'm out. I work to live, not live to work, so when my job starts to negatively affect my life, its time to move on.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:10 am to Geauxld Finger
When you show up and have zero motivation and zero drive left in you. Like I have right now.
Will be moving on right after this wedding.
Will be moving on right after this wedding.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:11 am to SnoopALoop
I still have motivation and drive though.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:11 am to tigerinthebueche
I haven't left the company, but I find that I start getting really antsy when I've been in the same role for more than about 18-24 months. I've been fortunate to be in a company large enough that they have succession and development plans that have kept me floating around to various parts of the business in various roles.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:13 am to tigerinthebueche
Changing jobs can help you keep a good income because you can jump a few years ahead based on the offer you get at a new job.
Right now, my current job's annual raises are pretty modest...about 2-3%. I've been offered a new job at about a 10% increase from what I'm making now, and my raise at my current job wouldn't come until February. If I stay at my current job, I wouldn't reach that salary for another 3 years or so. It's hard to turn down that kind of money.
Right now, my current job's annual raises are pretty modest...about 2-3%. I've been offered a new job at about a 10% increase from what I'm making now, and my raise at my current job wouldn't come until February. If I stay at my current job, I wouldn't reach that salary for another 3 years or so. It's hard to turn down that kind of money.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:13 am to TigerFanatic99
yep, I've gone from sales to purchasing so things haven't become routine. I also like the field I'm in. That is a major factor as well.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:15 am to TechDawg2007
I get that 3 year itch, 4 years is the longest I've ever stayed at a job
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:19 am to Cdawg
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When the owner was bragging about installing a 40k home theater in his million dollar home after he told me he couldn't afford to give me a raise at that time.
Lulz. This is exactly how it is for me. Of course you don't have money to pay raises/bonuses when every family member is on the payroll and every personal expense under the sun is run through the office.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:24 am to TechDawg2007
There's no perfect job. Each one will have elements that you don't like and people you would rather not be around.
If you dread coming to work every morning and it's affecting your work performance then it's time to go IMO.
Every job will become routine at some point and that excitement to go in every morning will dissipate.
If you dread coming to work every morning and it's affecting your work performance then it's time to go IMO.
Every job will become routine at some point and that excitement to go in every morning will dissipate.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 10:28 am
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:25 am to yellowfin
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I get that 3 year itch, 4 years is the longest I've ever stayed at a job
Usually about as long as I can stay interested.
It becomes too easy, too monotonous at that point.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:26 am to Bunk Moreland
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Lulz. This is exactly how it is for me. Of course you don't have money to pay raises/bonuses when every family member is on the payroll and every personal expense under the sun is run through the office.
Job creators.
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