{"id":3659,"date":"2018-04-02T20:52:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T20:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2018-04-02T20:53:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T20:53:15","slug":"who-wants-to-leave-their-job-the-answer-may-surprise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/who-wants-to-leave-their-job-the-answer-may-surprise-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Wants to Leave Their Job? The Answer May Surprise You."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job hopping\u00a0to be a millennial stereotype, but it seems everyone&#8217;s doing it.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how much longer they see themselves working at their current company, 25% of people said less than a year, making it the most popular answer, according to the latest reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/111-how-much-longer-do-you-see-yourself-working-at-your-current-company\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing query<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Comparably<\/a>. The next most popular answers were &#8220;more than 2 years,&#8221; &#8220;1-2 more years&#8221; and &#8220;not sure.&#8221; The least popular answer was &#8220;indefinitely.&#8221; More than 10,000 workers across the technology industry participated in the survey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3661 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP.jpg\" alt=\"JOBHOP\" width=\"702\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>From an age perspective<\/b><\/p>\n<p>People of all ages chose &#8220;less than a year&#8221; as their top response &#8212; even those in their mid-30s and above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">36 to 40<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3666 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOPeven36to40.jpg\" alt=\"JOBHOPeven36to40\" width=\"336\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOPeven36to40-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOPeven36to40.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 85vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">46 to 50<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3667 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/46-to-50.jpg\" alt=\"46 to 50\" width=\"340\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/46-to-50-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/46-to-50.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 85vw, 340px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>No difference between men and women<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Men and women were nearly identical in their responses, with the most popular answer as &#8220;less than a year&#8221; and least popular &#8220;indefinitely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3662 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP2.jpg\" alt=\"JOBHOP2\" width=\"549\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP2-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP2.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 85vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Executives want to stick around; HR and Communications also in it for the long haul<\/b><\/p>\n<p>From a department perspective, the only groups to choose something other than &#8220;less than 1 year&#8221; as the top response were those in executive roles, HR, and communications.<\/p>\n<p>The top answer among executives was &#8220;indefinitely&#8221; (23%), while the top answer for HR and communications workers was &#8220;more than two years&#8221; (29% and 26%, respectively).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Executive<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3663 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP3EXEC.jpg\" alt=\"JOBHOP3EXEC\" width=\"343\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP3EXEC-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP3EXEC.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 85vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">HR<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3664 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP4HR.jpg\" alt=\"JOBHOP4HR\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP4HR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP4HR.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 85vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Communications<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3665 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP5COMMS.jpg\" alt=\"JOBHOP5COMMS\" width=\"343\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP5COMMS-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/04\/JOBHOP5COMMS.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 85vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The latest reading is as of April 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job hopping\u00a0to be a millennial stereotype, but it seems everyone&#8217;s doing it. When asked how much longer they see themselves working at their current company, 25% of people said less than a year, making it the most popular answer, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. The next most popular answers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/who-wants-to-leave-their-job-the-answer-may-surprise-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read full-story <i class=\"cm cm-right-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,65],"tags":[69,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3669,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions\/3669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}