Graduated in 2020 and have had two jobs since then 😬 I know it doesn’t look good on your resume when you jump from job to job in a span of a few years, but I truly have no idea how boomers have stayed at the same job for 40 godamn years
I think it gets to the root of the problem that is work culture (in whatever country) the company always comes first. Because new hires require more cost to the company in the form of training/onboarding/learning whatever new unique workflow. We all know that the “freedom to work wherever you want” line from liberals is horseshit.
I swear to god if service work paid a living wage, I would just jump around as I please. Instead I’m locked into menial white collar work (which will probably not exist in 5 years tbh) and living the same day for years on end.
How do y’all manage?
I've had the same job for 8 years. The reason is I've been afraid of never being able to find another job. Nothing better has come along, there's not any kind of work I want to do. I just got into a rhythm of working there and I watched as everyone around me has been replaced. I'm somehow the most senior person at the company besides the owner, something I never expected.
I hate it, but I don't know what else to do. I live in a conservative hog area, I'm not good with talking or interviews, I have no career ambitions, and I'm visibly not gender-conforming. I make a decent salary currently and nothing I can find would even come close.
I don't know what to do. I'm going to blink and it'll be another 8 years working there.
Do you not job search before quitting?