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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
It's kind of a sliding scale based on your age and current position.
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Well, I'm 32, and am definitely more managerial than a "base of the totem pole" guy. 2 years is pretty sketchy in this case, then?
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It also depends on how you answer the, "why are you leaving your current job/employer?" question on your interview.
In short it's a bad idea to trash talk your current job.
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I gather that -- I'd hate to interview someone who said "I'm leaving my last job because my boss is a pile of dung who couldn't lead his way out of a paper sack." I mean, what's that guy going to say about me? .... So when I talk to prospective employers, I typically say things more like "It's a good job, but the growth potential is very limited. I'm not in a huge rush to move -- it's good stable work -- but if I'm still doing the same good stable work two years from now, I'll be a lot less happy."
Is that a reasonable approach, or can I phrase it more diplomatically?
Ditto on that "Don't go in with an ultimatum you can't afford to lose" policy. A year or so ago, we had a guy who went up the chain saying that he was going to work from home, or else. The boss said, "That's fine, you can work anywhere you want, we just won't pay you. Good bye."
Dan