Hey all
(Throwaway as I don't want personal details attached to my main account)
As a recent grad (graduated in 2017), I've always been warned about switching jobs and companies too often at the risk of being looked as a job-hopper by potential employers. However, purely looking at things through a financial perspective, I have made large gains in salary and benefits by switching often and anytime a better offer has been presented. A timeline of of job history is below:
- April 2017 - April 2018 (Company A): $63,000/year
- April 2018 - May 2019 (Company A): $66,700/year
- May 2019 - June 2020 (Company B): $82,500/year
- June 2020 - June 2021 (Company C): $105,000/year
- June 2021 (recently joined Company D): $166,000/year
I'm not sure if I've just gotten lucky with the companies that I've interviewed with, but Companies B, C, and D never went in-depth on the reasons why I'm leaving or why I had only stayed for a short time. Apart from the standard question of what I'm looking for in my next role, no company I've interviewed with has given any negative impression of such short tenures.
Unless I really, really like Company D such that I have no incentive to look anywhere else, I will probably be following the same M.O. and begin to start interviewing elsewhere in about a year's time just to see if another 30-50% salary increase is out there. I am by no means recommending the same for others, but just presenting anecdotal data to showcase what can happen by switching often.
Happy to answer any questions others may have!
Submitted June 07, 2021 at 11:33PM by Mountain-Car-1515 https://ift.tt/2SbqwMa
