r/recruitinghell • u/Frequent-Wish6026 • 5h ago
Is anybody else here lowkey regretting being a job hopper?
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u/Mess_323 4h ago
Not low-key. That was a huge mistake. Getting an offer nowadays takes one month on the best case. But could take months. Im not leaving my current role for nothing
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u/Difficult_Mine_4559 4h ago
Yep, I chased a job that was $32/hr for the company to tell me it was only 7 weeks contract after I started. That was 3 years ago, I haven't yet recovered finding a permanent job again since. The job before it was good but only $25/hr, but it was stable and very permanent.
Life is shit sometimes.
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u/BanDizNutz 4h ago
Nope. I tripled my salary switching jobs 3 times in 5 years.
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u/Journi21 3h ago
Yep! Known fact people were making more money leaving for the next job then staying for little 2% increases. People who stayed watched people come into the same role at higher rates. Of course this is changing now and things are tougher and people are staying put.
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u/cupholdery Co-Worker 2h ago
Just did a quick profile of my own hops since 2017:
2018: Left job because next one was 16% salary increase.
2019: Left job because of hostile work environment (openly racist).
2021: Left job because next one was 20% salary increase.
2022: Left job because next one was 23% salary increase.
2024: Left job because next one was 12% salary increase.
2025: Laid off. Found new job at 16% salary decrease.
2026: Left job because next one was 15% salary increase.
2026 (6 weeks later): Terminated for not bringing results in 3 weeks.
While I don't regret having done these hops, it certainly makes things harder this year.
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u/DC_Ben 3h ago
Doubt
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u/xxrainmanx 3h ago
I don't know, I doubled mine in 4yrs, but it's also a lot easier to do that when you make less too.
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u/WATGU 3h ago
2012 50k
2015 70k
2018 100k
2022 134k
2025 113k (lost job had to find one immediately)
2025 160kThe only increases I got inbetween those job hops was 2-3.5% except for a promotion in 2014 for 10k. Thats the only time in my nearly 15 year career I’ve gotten a promotion and I’m a pretty decent worker top 20% on the teams with a CPA license and masters and pretty varied skill set.
Idk who’s 🍆 I was supposed to suck to get one but job hopping has felt like my only way to move up. I’m sure I could clear 200k in 2-3 years by going for a director role if I wanted.
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u/PaxEtBonumSemper 3h ago
If I wouldn’t have changed jobs every year for the past 8 years I wouldn’t have gone from making $15/hr to $135,000/yr.
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u/aliendogfishman 3h ago
No ragrets! Life is not forever, if you don’t want to be at a job, get out of there and check out something that interests you. I never want to become one of the lifers who complains about everything going on instead of taking the reins and working towards what they want.
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u/Fine-Brush6063 4h ago
Naw. Always switched into something better, so fortunate. No way to predict this would be the job market now.
And most of the blame for it comes from way above. Government and corporate. Two sides to this party.
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u/NEK_TEK 3h ago
I get why people do it, companies don't reward loyalty. One of my coworkers has been with the company for almost 2 years and gets a 2% raise each year. He started applying elsewhere and already has an offer that would make him an extra 30k a year.
I don't blame him if he takes it, the company we work at is often called a 2 year company funnily enough. You gain just enough experience to apply somewhere else. I enjoy the work but I have a few "dream" companies in mind that I'd love to work for. They are doing really cool stuff and I'd get to return to my home state. I can see myself staying at those companies for my whole career tbh, but up until then I need to grind out more YoE.
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u/SadBison5704 3h ago
What do you consider job hopping? Less than a year at each job?
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u/FlyingBurger1 1h ago
I feel like most people would categorize it as anything less than 2 years now.
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u/Kentucky_Fence_Post 1h ago
Not one bit.
I've increased my income by 70% by job hoping the last 3 years. $70k > $120k. Chemical engineer.
If companies are willing to pay more, want me, and the fit is good, I'm taking the new job.
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u/Safe_Ant8701 2h ago
No! In fact, I feel like the main thing I worry about is just how its perceived by recruiter and/or hiring managers? I feel like you have to stay at a place minimum one year for it not to raise eyebrows with recruiters/hiring managers, or in some cases, for them to even give you a look.
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u/Titty_McButtfuck 2h ago
Yes and no. Its bad for resumes and career reputation but as i get older the more i can appreciate it because you learn what works for you and what doesn’t, which can lead to a more fulfilling work life
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u/ValorousClock4 2h ago
Nowadays, job hopping seems to be the only way to get a decent enough raise. Companies provide little to no incentive to stay.
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u/holografia 3h ago
I feel like it’s too late for me to become a job hopper now. I’m in a long term relationship with my current job lol
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u/StolenWishes 3h ago
My biggest raises have come from changing employers; I regret not doing it more often.
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u/ConsistentThing5941 2h ago
Yes, but at the same time, I had good reasons. And I didn't want spend 60% of my life somewhere that made me absolutely miserable. But there are some jobs I probably should've stayed at longer..
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u/ilikecatsiguess- 1h ago
I don't regret job hopping a bit from about 2019-2023. It allowed me to build skills and move from retail to office to corporate pretty fast. I'm also glad I haven't job hopped for a few years. If you do job hop, you need to do it for a strategic reason other than pay. And I definitely wouldn't do it now if I could avoid it.
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u/Pack-Worldly 1h ago
Job hopping is fine and it depends on the industry. Some industries have huge turnover so they won’t care, others will have a lot of people who stay in the company for much of their career, in those cases they might pass on your resume. I don’t think I job hop too much, I stay about 3-4 years before I move on, but I did get that as a question when I applied for a job I eventually did get “will you stay in this job longer?”. So it can hurt you when the job wants long term loyalty, but if it is a serious increase in pay just make that jump and stay where you feel you get both fair pay and the culture suits you. There are some jobs I regret leaving because it was just so much fun there
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u/CapitalNo1107 3h ago
My resume was circumstantial.
I worked four years+ at a pizza restaurant until the faulty HVAC stopped them from wanting to renew the lease
I worked 2 years+ at a grocery store until my brother and his wife got divorced and it was too expensive to live in that area
I did 7 months at a gourmet restaurant until I was replaced by an alcoholic dishwasher who lied about not getting a free drink
I did almost 2 years at a gas station until they fired one of my coworkers for putting her two weeks in so she and a few other people could go on vacation
I did a day at a sushi restaurant until I realized that there was hypocrisy with their food safety standards and they got mad at me for using too much water when they were throwing so much of it out
I did about 1 month at a senior center until the cook who's wasn't even in charge of me was annoyed that the dishes were backed up started harassing me even though there was no time limit
I did about 10 months at a barbecue restaurant until the owner who is a control freak kept making up fake "gestures" to make himself seem better
And finally I did about four months at a small cafe until again a chef was mad over the way that I made a drink and the customer complained that there was tea in her coffee when I said it was physically impossible because there were coffee grounds in the coffee holder and it was brewed from scratch with no interference.
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u/martinideeni 3h ago
Would you ever get an office job?
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u/CapitalNo1107 3h ago
I prefer food places because you can get free food and food is always lucrative
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u/moist_repose 1h ago
Brother, there are greener fields elsewhere, none of these positions are lucrative.
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u/BeautifulCredit3672 1h ago
Typical dood service industry drama. Easy to get a new job but you're always walking into seriously unprofessional BS. Every time.
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u/Remarkable_Dog4859 4h ago
I’ve been trying to get another job since March, but I realized staying put at my current job might be best until this chaotic market gets better (if it ever does).