Couldn't agree more, as a job hopper myself.
KOkon. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:53 AM, Nugroho Laison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Don't miss last 2 Questions... > > Some, rather most organizations reject his CV today because he has changed > jobs frequently (10 in 14 years). My friend, the job hopper (referred here > as Mr. JH), does not mind it. well he does not need to mind it at all. > Having worked full-time with 10 employer companies in just 14 years gives > Mr. JH the relaxing edge that most of the company loyal employees are > struggling for today. Today, Mr. JH too is laid off like some other 14-15 > year experienced guys " the difference being the latter have just worked in > 2-3 organizations in the same number of years. Here are the excerpts of an > interview with Mr. JH: > > Q: Why have you changed 10 jobs in 14 years? > > A: To get financially sound and stable before getting laid off the second > time. > > Q: So you knew you would be laid off in the year 2009? > > A: Well I was laid off first in the year 2002 due to the first global > economic slowdown. I had not got a full-time job before January 2003 when > the economy started looking up; so I had struggled for almost a year without > job and with compromises. > > Q: Which number of job was that? > A: That was my third job. > > Q: So from Jan 2003 to Jan 2009, in 6 years, you have changed 8 jobs to > make the count as 10 jobs in 14 years? > > A: I had no other option. In my first 8 years of professional life, I had > worked only for 2 organizations thinking that jobs are deserved after lot of > hard work and one should stay with an employer company to justify the saying > employer loyalty. But I was an idiot. > > Q: Why do you say so? > > A: My salary in the first 8 years went up only marginally. I could not save > enough and also, I had thought that I had a permanent job, so I need not > worry about what will I do if I lose my job. I could never imagine losing > a job because of economic slowdown and not because of my performance. That > was January 2002. > > Q: Can you brief on what happened between January 2003 and 2009. > > A: Well, I had learnt my lessons of being company loyal and not money > earning and saving loyal. But then you can save enough only when you earn > enough. So I shifted my loyalty towards money making and saving " I changed > 8 jobs in 6 years assuring all my interviewers about my stability. > > Q: So you lied to your interviewers; you had already planned to change the > job for which you were being interviewed on a particular day? > > A: Yes, you can change jobs only when the market is up and companies are > hiring. You tell me " can I get a job now because of the slowdown? No. So > one should change jobs for higher salaries only when the market is up > because that is the only time when companies hire and can afford the > expected salaries. > > Q: What have you gained by doing such things? > > A: That's the question I was waiting for. In Jan 2003, I had a fixed salary > (without variables) of say Rs. X p.a. In January 2009, my salary was 8X. So > assuming my salary was Rs.3 lakh p.a. in Jan 2003, my last drawn salary in > Jan 2009 was Rs.24 lakh p.a. (without variable). I never bothered about > variable as I had no intention to stay for 1 year and go through the > appraisal process to wait for the company to give me a hike. > > Q: So you decided on your own hike? > > A: Yes, in 2003, I could see the slowdown coming again in future like it > had happened in 2001-02. Though I was not sure by when the next slowdown > would come, I was pretty sure I wanted a debt-free life before being laid > off again. So I planned my hike targets on a yearly basis without waiting > for the year to complete. > > Q: So are you debt-free now? > > A: Yes, I earned so much by virtue of job changes for money and spent so > little that today I have a loan free 2 BR flat (1200 sq.. feet) plus a loan > free big car without bothering about any EMIs. I am laid off too but I do > not complain at all. If I have laid off companies for money, it is OK if a > company lays me off because of lack of money. > > Q: Who is complaining? > > A: All those guys who are not getting a job to pay their EMIs off are > complaining. They had made fun of me saying I am a job hopper and do not > have any company loyalty. Now I ask them what they gained by their company > loyalty; they too are laid off like me and pass comments to me " why will > you bother about us, you are already debt-free. They were still in the > bracket of 12-14 lakh p.a. when they were laid off. > > Q: What is your advice to professionals? > > A: Like Narayan Murthy had said " love your job and not your company > because you never know when your company will stop loving you. In the same > lines, love yourself and your family needs more than the company's needs. > Companies can keep coming and going; family will always remain the same. > Make money for yourself first and simultaneously make money for the company, > not the other way around. > > Q: What is your biggest pain point with companies? > > A: When a company does well, its CEO will address the entire company > saying, well done guys, it is YOUR company, keep up the hard work, I am > with you. But when the slowdown happens and the company does not do so well, > the same CEO will say, It is MY company and to save the company, I have to > take tough decisions including asking people to go. So think about your > financial stability first; when you get laid off, your kids will complain to > you and not your boss. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ "We cannot all do great things.But we can do small things with great love." - Mother Teresa --------------------------------------------------------- BinusNet founded on Dec 28, 1998 Owner : Johan Setiawan Moderator BinusNet : Suryadiputra Liawatimena & Surya Iskandar Stop or Unsubscribe: send blank email to [email protected] Questions or Suggestions, send e-mail to [email protected] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/binusnet/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/binusnet/join (Yahoo! 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