OttoinGrotto
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I have definitely been guilty of sticking around too long trying to make things better or situations work that just weren't going to improve.Loyalty is tough these days, mostly due to what OiG posted about a page or two ago. When I move around within the university, I'm guaranteed a 10-15% bump. I've stayed in departments far too long out of loyalty. Only taken promotions when it was going to benefit my current department. My loyalty (among other things) has helped give me a good reputation around campus, which I value.
A colleague of mine, started a year or so before me, has move departments every couple years. She's making a good bit more than me now, and has taken zero hit to her reputation on campus. (She's great at what she does, I mean more that there's no "oh don't hire her, she'll be gone in a year or two").
I just made a move that I should have made almost two years ago. Got my bump, I'm surrounded by some great people, normalish work weeks, I've never been happier. I'm not saying I'm going to jump ship every few years, but I don't think I'm going to just suck it up and deal with crap situations anymore.
I'm 100% with you that a person usually needs some tenure to really make an impact. A lot of cases, you don't even really understand what you're doing the first 6-12 months.There are obviously circumstances that are nuanced everywhere. Sounds like those moves happened within the same org - while this person I speak of is going from org to org.
It is a different world now - I guess I am of the opinion that if you don’t stay at least 2-3 years at a place, what value did you bring and why are you moving? Because after a year, how would you know what you have? It takes a good while to get onboarded at a new place of business.
Just my thoughts. I should probably adjust to the times - but there are a lot of factors that come into play as you get older,
Recruiting wise, I think they view the benefit to the candidate in a short time frame as the more important index than what they actually accomplished on behalf of the organization during that time.
It is weird.