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Bain & Company Hi everyone,
I am currently working as a Software Engineer in Persistent Systems.
I have total exp of 8 months and serving notice period. I have offers from Mckinsey and BCG for their tech roles, but I wish to switch to consulting.
Could anyone please refer me or if you know someone who could refer me at Bain & Company for the Associate Consultant position?
Thank you in advance.
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Received an offer as Engagement Director from Salesforce (CSG, pre sales, L9). Great benefits package, 40% increase in total comp and better WLB.
I do love the people in my practice and current client, but career trajectory has stalled after taking parental leave earlier this year and (yet another) change in leadership.
Realistically, making to Director is 2-3 years away and will require sacrificing time with my family that I am not prepared to give up.
Should I stay or should I go?
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You are fine..chill
This is excellent actually. Don't listen to boomers who say 3-5 years in every role. This isn't 1987 anymore.
Lmao we don’t believe the grass is greener, it literally is, we get paid to leave. Want us to stick around? Put your money where your mouth is. Otherwise sit down 🪑
Companies aren’t loyal to us, they shouldn’t expect it from us either
Yeah that’s fine, I think the general guidance in this day and age is try to stay at least 2 years most places, but the occasional shorter stint is ok
Stay for another year at Job 3 to make it 3.5 years then you can show the trend that you will stay at Job 4 for 4.5 years - lol. You good op, what matters is the confidence with which you can articulate your journey and moves
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You should be okay as long as you can justify the reason for each of these stints or hear reasonable justifications for them.
If a recruiter believes my candidacy for an introductory conversation can be wholly based on years spent in a role without any other context, despite seemingly meeting many qualifications, then I don’t want to work there anyway.
Nope, screw this mentality, they left because the employer sucked. They don’t have to put up with bs because it “looks bad.” That’s up to employers, and anyone that pushes this mentality is in the wrong. Now if you’re looking at a string of 6 month stints, then I might have some questions, but there are always reasonable answers for why that is
No why would it be?
3 years at a job is a long time for millennials. Fairly common to switch every couple of years.
I work with a recruiter for my practice and she would say this is borderline jumpy. Multiple jobs in the 1-2 year range she typically raises a red flag and says this person is job hopping a lot and what's the reason behind it. 2.5 years is better but a bit of a red flag that there's nothing over 3 years and you have 7 years of work experience.
I mean - if you have multiple jobs over 2-3 years because you hop to make more money, that is why it’s a mini red flag. Firms budget a dollar amount on a role. They can’t necessarily give you a 30% raise after 9 months just because you’ve finally learned the role and are now performing to standard.
Job 1: 1.5 years
Job 2: 3 months, 10% TC increase
Job 3: 2.5 years, 5% TC increase
Job 4: current position, ~100% increase initially and exponentially more earnings potential
A&M still hired me. I was underpaid and there was essentially zero room for growth at my previous jobs. This is why we move. I now feel fairly compensated and have no plans or desire to find a new job.
Wow, is this still a thing in 2021?
Instead of complaining about people job hopping, try to implement competitive incentives that will encourage them to stay.
I don’t understand why recruiters are qualified to judge… they are too empowered.
~15 months seems to be the cutoff so you should be fine. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/how-leaving-a-job-within-15-months-hurts-future-hiring-chances.html/
Depends on the jobs. If you’re bouncing every couple years in the same role/job, just a new company, that’s a red flag.
If you’re advancing, evolving, taking on new challenges, you’d be a decent candidate (assuming the career arch makes sense between each job).
Overall, be prepared to answer why they can expect you to not do that same thing at their firm.
Would making it to 3 years at job 3 be better so as to not get labeled a job hopper? Or what would you think is a safe number
None of this matters, this is actually quite decent by today’s standards. We’re incentivized to leave because the market pays more, so blame the companies, not the candidate
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Can anyone tell me what the red flag is supposed to be?
I won’t hire such mercenaries ever
All depends on how you sell yourself about your experience
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Just make sure you have a story
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Nothing wrong with that work history. Especially nothing wrong if there's a clear display of career growth/progression in your roles.
How long do you have to stay at a firm for it to not be a red flag