For those who have struggled with this in the past, how did you break the habit of job-hopping?

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  2. While it is frowned upon by a lot of people, I have always viewed jobs as a stepping stone to expand my resume. All of the skills I learned from the many jobs I had throughout the years helped me to obtain my current career as a business owner. I would encourage people to never settle for one job.

  3. Job hopping is really the only way to get a proper raise in this economy. Job loyalty is a thing of the past and should be.

  5. I haven’t stopped. I get bored in jobs if I’m doing the same kind of thing over and over again. I like change, I like learning. Trying to force myself into staying somewhere that I don’t want to be gets to be physically painful.

    I’m sure there’s a ‘right’ or more appropriate job for me. I tend to do freelance work and I work for myself so that I can control the direction I want to work in. It’s better for me.

  6. Job-hopping is a great thing if you’re an employee who knows your own value.

    Job-hopping is only a bad thing if you’re a skeezy boss whose business model depends on underpaying your staff and leveraging “loyalty” to keep them in line.

  7. I think staying with one company until the day you die is a thing of the past. Realistically, job hopping is the only way you’re going to get decent pay rises in this economy, and experience across various industries which will only improve your CV.

  8. I had to have many jobs over the years as I worked through college then law school. I also had to move dozens of times for school, study abroad, breaks, and internships I had on breaks. It became the norm for me to hop from job to job, town to town. Eventually I just got tired of it. At 27 after filling out an application where I had to track every move I made (school breaks included when I’d relocate), I had moved 21 times between 8 different cities, 3 different states, and 1 different country. Then my family and my husband’s family’s started having health issues and we realized if we didn’t relocate home within the next year multiple family members would either be dead before we’d see them or not remember us due to their dementia.

    We relocated back home last year, took jobs in our area and I stopped trying to find other work. My boss offered a promotion for when I get my legal license in this new state and instead of moving on to another job I decided to take it. I’d probably be able to find work in government and have higher status but I’d actually make less money, have to relocate YET AGAIN, and I’d have to adjust to a new work place. I have a great boss now, I’ll have plenty of income after getting my license (I just get paid as a legal assistant now), I make my own schedule, and I get along great with my coworkers. Having a fancy government job title just isn’t important to me anymore. I’m more interested in truly loving my work and work environment. That’s what led to me stopping with job-hopping. Once you find a really solid job with great pay, a great boss, a healthy work environment, and you’re tired of moving around so much that’s when break the habit of job-hopping. Until then, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with searching to find that and moving around as you figure out what’s important to you.

  10. Switched from traditional work to being a nanny. I’ve never made this much money before and although it’s only my first month I can’t see myself leaving unless it’s for a higher paying nanny position. I think I’m just not meant for the same day to day boring schedule. I need some freedom as well. Nannying has helped a lot

  11. I am a job hopper. I have to have a job that changes. I can’t do the same thing every day. And if the managers suck, I’m out!

  12. I am a job hopper and I’m trying really hard to stay. I get bored easily and I’ve had to deal with bad management. However, my current job is boring BUT I have the best boss ever. I think it’s really helped me stay in one place. Although I don’t think job hopping is bad at all. It’s the only way I’ve been able to get raises

  13. Mannn I’ve been trying to stay at jobs for least a year before giving myself permission to quit. So far I’ve managed 2 in a row. My hope is that I find a job that I can tolerate long term – then I’ll try to stay for at least 5 years, and only consider moving to endure that my income is rising.

    I’m not going to feel guilty about it anymore. I love a fresh start. I’m sure I won’t be missed at my current job, and I won’t make the same mistakes at my next job – though I’m sure I’ll find a reason to start hating it around 6 months lol, that’s just how it goes. Still, I at least need to keep something long enough to finish my bachelors, though once I get my car and some other debts paid off I’ll probably be a lot more flexible with what I can take – I’ll probably go back to working pt until I’m done with school.

  14. Don’t be afraid of switching jobs. As someone who’s 36 and only has two jobs on a resume, not counting the weekend jobs I had as a teenager of course, I’d encourage you to look for opportunities. I wish I did it sooner.

    I’m starting a new job on Monday, that came with a 13k pay bump and some amazing benefits. For the same title and same duties, in the same industry. It would have taken me years to accomplish that. Surely they counter offered with 2k more but they would not have if I hadn’t resigned. Just do it, you owe yourself to make the most out of your career and livelihood.

  15. How is that a habit to break? The vast, vast majority of jobs will not increase your salary annually enough to match inflation. Not job hopping costs money, and if your salary is not already high, not job hopping can mean going from tight-but-doable to can’t-make-ends-meet (which has happened to me).

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