because promotions don't pay that much better and you work twice as many hours and it limits your ability to learn new skills?
They say you should never stay at one company longer than 5 years because you will stagnate, and the only purpose a job serves is that it pays you to learn new skills. So you shouls learn as much as you can (on the job and off), meet a few good mentors along the way, refuse any promotions, and then move on and learn something new at the next job. And no two jobs should be similar too.
Is all of this true?
sounds pretty radical but awesome to me !
2007-12-06 09:52:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
Actually this all sounds pretty strange to me, approaching BS.
2007-12-06 11:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This all depends on your goals and the company.
some companies will train you other will not. the key point is that you will learn more in a new role than staying in your current role.
What you gain or do not gain is actually more down to your approach and attitude than any other single factor.
If you are happy doing what you are doing then stay put - many people get one more promotion than they should have and are unhappy. if you do aspire to more management resp and less of the activity you do at the moment ... go for it.
certainly the toughest job in management is going from being one of the staff to first line manager - this is hard in the same company - however for most people this is the easiest promotion to get - your existing employer knows your strengths and weaknesses - with a new employer you need to persuade them that you can do a role you have yet to be proven in..
whatever you chose - do it for your reasons
good luck
mike
http://www.rapidbi.com
2007-12-06 10:34:15 · answer #2 · answered by Mike M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no one rule when it comes to this. I would say if you are getting steady raises/promotions and like what you are doing you should stay where you are. Always go for more money, if you don't like it then it's always easier to find another job when you already have one.
2007-12-06 10:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you should take the promotions so that when you are ready for another job you will have more experience.
2007-12-06 10:00:52 · answer #4 · answered by baby G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything that you have mentioned, is not true.
Not by any stretch of the imagination.
2007-12-06 10:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by Expert8675309 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would not follow that advice to the letter!!!!!!!
2007-12-06 10:01:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋