Is close to two years at an agency a long enough stint if I’m miserable here? Or is it frowned upon by recruiters and hiring managers as job-hopping and wanting to leave too early?

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I’d consider job hopping to be less than one year at all companies/agencies across your total experience. Two years is plenty and life is too short to be miserable

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👆correct. 2 years wouldn't be frowned upon. Move on.

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Long enough.

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plenty of great companies started hitting me up 2 weeks in at my last agency job. i stayed for 6 months. never too early to leave.
i’ve worked full-time at 4 agencies/companies since the pandemic began. hiring managers understand the times.

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All agencies that have dedicated recruitment specialists understand that the avg employee lifespan is like 18-36 months. They know they are in almost constant turnover and invest in HR a capabilities accordingly. If you work back from that assumption, most don’t care how long you might have stayed at other shops.

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Leave!

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Get outta there

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That’s a long stint. People bounce around a lot now.

2 is plenty in the advertising world

I stay a year max if the agency is not my thing

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