Once I asked him why he kept changing jobs like that, he laughed: "I'm different from some people who like to stick with a fixed company, there's no better opportunity than trying."
Job-hopping is now not only a problem for young people, but also for older, experienced, and skilled employees. Another friend working in a company complained that many employees are given the opportunity to go to school, to access new knowledge, and then… quit their jobs to move to a better place, which takes a lot of training.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee recently announced a survey related to the "Project to build an effective and efficient Ho Chi Minh City public service in the period 2024-2030". Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City conducted a survey with a scale of 12,869 votes for the group of civil servants and 76,601 votes for the group of public employees in the area. The content of the survey questionnaires aimed to collect information on the views, feelings and attitudes of the team of civil servants and public employees towards the city's public service.
The survey results show a paradox: although more than 74% of civil servants said they would do anything to stay at their current agency or unit, more than 43% of civil servants are willing to leave their current job when given the opportunity.
There are three prominent reasons for the group of civil servants choosing to leave their jobs, including: income is too low, work is too stressful and there is no opportunity for promotion.
According to the survey, the burden of work overload is concentrated in the group of civil servants in wards, communes and towns. Up to 80.48% of civil servants in this group rated the workload as a lot or very much.
The above survey focuses on the public sector, but the story of job hopping is much broader today. In which, income and working environment are two decisive factors. Normally, agencies and businesses highly value employee loyalty (of course, employees who can do their jobs) and are willing to replace about 20% of their employees periodically. This also helps employees try harder at work so as not to be fired. But how to retain employees so that "job hopping" does not spread and affect the orders and work of the unit or business is something that needs attention.
Job hopping is not bad, sometimes it is also a motivation for development, but the truth is that each time you change jobs, the chance of finding a new job is lower. Because, no business or unit is willing to accept "job hopping gods" because stability is always one of the important goals.
