In the past, I believe, there was a lot of comfort in knowing that if you did not like your current gig, you could throw your resume up on a board, make a couple of calls, and find a new job in days. Now there is bit more research going into the company they want to work for. Mother retired from Defense Electronics Supply Center after more than 25 years. In addition to the normal pressures of every IT career, Jenkins has struggled with an IT industry that, despite much progress, is insufficiently supportive of women and minorities. A number of job changes that Jenkins has made have as contributing factors the insensitivity of supervisors and rigid company policies.
Observers often speak about the effect job-hopping has on employees.
But job-hopping extracts an enormous cost on companies, as well. Indeed, six companies may have squandered the loyalty of Jenkins, an employee with an MBA as well as undergraduate degrees in computer science and economics. Jenkins now lives in Columbus, Ohio. Here's her career, hop by hop. I wanted to spend a full year at my first job, but I felt sabotaged by my manager.