This is absolutely not true in my experience. I've taken pay cuts on job hops twice in 41 years of full time employment: once to switch from stress analysis in aerospace to C programming, once after I took a voluntary layoff. The latter was a contract job, which doesn't mix well with getting divorced. Every other job hop has gotten me a substantial raise.
JohnFen 17 hours ago [-]
Yes, my experience is similar.
But even if (for the sake of argument) we grant that it doesn't lead to more income, it unquestionably can lead to a better job at the same income level.
bediger4000 13 hours ago [-]
I hadn't even considered a better job at the same level.
That makes me ask the question "why does WSJ want to discourage Jon hopping?"
cranky908canuck 12 hours ago [-]
You missed the /sarky at the end.
18 hours ago [-]
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But even if (for the sake of argument) we grant that it doesn't lead to more income, it unquestionably can lead to a better job at the same income level.
That makes me ask the question "why does WSJ want to discourage Jon hopping?"