When To Change Jobs
When To Change Jobs
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When do you know if you are ready to change jobs?
Money?
Working atmosphere?
People in your office?
Organization?
Money?
Working atmosphere?
People in your office?
Organization?
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RE: When To Change Jobs
I have changed jobs for all of those reasons - and more.
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RE: When To Change Jobs
I do not know if it is a sign to move on or just an adjustment period and she will eventually move on.
RE: When To Change Jobs
Chris
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RE: When To Change Jobs
-work negatively affects my attitude in my home life
-flat learning curve
-no promising vision of the future with company
-the work / projects are no longer meaningful to me
RE: When To Change Jobs
Maui
RE: When To Change Jobs
We are so small I do everything from utiltiy work (public)
Design structural steel and foundations
Building Official for a small community
I enjoy my time off to spend with my family and my weekends for sure
RE: When To Change Jobs
Are you gaining experience and knowledge that makes you worth more?
Have you worked 5 years and gotten 5 years of experience or have you worked 5 years and gotten 1 years experience 5 times?
RE: When To Change Jobs
RE: When To Change Jobs
With the exception of few, I believe once the above criteria is met, many people can ignore things like no vision, no learning curve, annoying coworkers, etc.
I've changed jobs for many reasons others have mentioned. I'd like to add "unfair management". Which can include many topics such as:
1. Promoting an unworthy candidate out of favoritism.
2. Giving difficult problems to those who are able without appropriate compensation. Those who aren't able gets just about the same pay and workd on the easy stuff.
3. Giving more work to those who work faster without appropriate compensation. Slow employees just gets less work and gets paid about the same.
4. Inappropriate distribution of bonus.
So far in my career, I've learned that no organization can be both FAIR and EQUAL.
RE: When To Change Jobs
I guess it depends if your glass is half full or half empty. Well, mine is usually under the beer tap. It seems to have a hole in it.
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Greg Locock
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RE: When To Change Jobs
- when the department or company just doesn't meld together. Ie, people don't work well together, have negative attitudes, are cynical and exhibit "back-stabbing" actions.
- when it becomes obvious that even those who have been there for the long haul are just being leveraged for all they're worth and not properly compensated. At one company where I worked, the yearly raises were little to nothing across the board. The story always was that sales weren't good enough that year. But the sales groups BLEW tons of money on entertainment, partying, buying and outfitting a mini-bus for tailgating, elaborate golf outings and trips, etc... Sound like we know why there weren't enough sales, huh?
- when it becomes obvious that there are no real career advancement opportunities.
- when companies ask for more and more and give less and less respect.
- when there is just less interest or challenge in my work.
Ed
RE: When To Change Jobs
- When you don't consider you work to be challenging anymore
- No or insufficient carreer advancement opportunities
- Bad atmosphere
- Difference of opinion with management about your (future) work, or the direction in which the company is going.
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RE: When To Change Jobs
-The future's so bright I gotta wear shades!
RE: When To Change Jobs
Regards,
RE: When To Change Jobs
RE: When To Change Jobs
I think I have been fairly 'lucky' in my career, but the biggest dose of 'luck' was getting a full time internship out of school. Which wasn't luck at all, it was a lot of work to get that.
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Whara life!!
RE: When To Change Jobs
nothing as exciting as a complete change of life
RE: When To Change Jobs
- there is corruption from the top down;
- your salary history is not keeping up with recent grads;
- the company tolerates the unqualified in engrg mgt;
- the atmosphere is make or break like in aero;
- your competition and boss are unintelligible idiots.