Name: How Long Should You Stay At Your Job?
Uploaded: 2024-04-06T22:49:18.000Z
Duration: 12 min 23 s
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95% of American workers said they planned to look for a new job in 2024.

The comparative

45% of American workers say they need a higher income.

Job switchers increase their salary more quickly,

In February 2024, people who stayed at their job

for more than three months increased their

salary by 5.1% year-over -year, whereas those who

I ended up almost doubling my salary after a year and

a half, and then from there, each year, I

probably increased my salary from anywhere to

But hiring professionals stress that it's important

You don't want to rise up the ranks too quickly and

then be this expensive head that's sort of easy

I think companies do expect an unrealistic

level of loyalty, but unfortunately we're at

So we do have to play the game, and that game is

making it seem like you're going to spend the

rest of your life there. They really do want to be

So how long is the optimal amount of time to stay at

your job for your career advancement, salary, and

The survey data about why people leave their jobs is

Ranking at the top of the list are wanting a higher

salary and not feeling like they have room for

growth at their current job. The desire for higher

salaries may lead people to job hop, which is when

a worker jumps from job to job within a short

Oftentimes, switching companies is the fastest

way to get to that next level role in terms of

seniority and in terms of your income level.

And the reality behind that is in your current

company for you to get promoted, for you to get

to the next level, that position needs to open up

in a way that it's either someone leaves or they get

Gen Z is 36% more likely than other generations to

promotions within their current workplace, they

A lot of employers are reaching out to people and

way. You can also find out more easily what wages

are available just by, you know, going on

ZipRecruiter and looking at job postings, whereas

perhaps finding out what the opportunities are

Other common reasons for leaving are to get better

benefits to escape a toxic work environment,

The ancillary thing is, if I pay people more, would

If that were true, then investment banks and

private equity firms law firms would be the

They notoriously aren't viewed that way because

there's a certain way that you treat people,

whether it's benefits or whether it's time off or

compensation or, quite frankly, just how you

treat people on a day in and day out basis with

Those are the things that end up being more

Workers also have career aspirations that may not

Early in my career, I always had the goal of

eventually working for myself. So I told myself

around the age of 30, try and get enough experience

and exposure to the things that are required

So each job that I've worked, I've always left a

company, if I felt like I had already obtained the

skill that I needed to obtain. And if I wasn't

getting opportunities to obtain the skills that I

As humans, we tend to change every 2 to 3 years

in terms of our goals, our priorities, our stages

of life. And now the younger generations ask

themselves, well, how does my career serve me

There's never a wrong reason to want to leave.

If you want to leave, you can leave, right?

Americans consistently stay at their jobs for a

In 2022, the median tenure was 4.1 years.

In 2002, it was 3.7, and back in 1983 it was 3.5

years. But breaking those numbers down by age paints

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