Job Hopping, The Stigma. Frequent job-hopping is still a red flag....

Job Hopping, The Stigma.
Frequent job-hopping is still a red flag. Employers may worry about your loyalty or that you only stick around long enough to learn what you want and then leave, which is expensive for them.
Some job-hoppers are dissatisfied with where a particular job leads in the future, so they hop to another job with a better career path. Job-hoppers may also switch because they discover they don’t like the work or aren’t a good... Show more

Guest Insider I think if someone’s had multiples in a year or two, it may not be the companies that were the issue.

Guest Insider I think that loyalty to a corporate group is no longer rewarded, so people should do what takes care of their own careers and paycheck.

Guest Insider I rarely change jobs. I’ve been in this industry for over a decade. I’m coming up on my 5 years at my current community, but not company. I was sold with the community about 2.5 yrs ago, thankfully this time it was to an amazing company. My last community I was also at around 3 yrs before they were sold to the worst company I’ve ever come across in the industry, I stuck with them 1.5 yrs assuming the dust would settle and the company would prove to be adequate, but it remained the worst. Ive only switched jobs once, willingly, in the last 10 years because I was sold to an awful company.

Guest Insider Since I started property management...
Started working for three properties as the APM, the pm was awful and I was literally only staying until I had enough experience to find a job elsewhere. Didn't need to, though. Shortly after my first year, they lost the contract on one of the properties and the new management company hired me on as the pm. Stayed there 3 years. They ended up leaving the state because the owners of the properties they managed (they managed the entire portfolio of one owner) and they made their own management company. They opted to offer a lower salary and no mileage reimbursement for my trek between two properties and hour apart (my home property was in the town I lived in, I was entitled to mileage on the other property). Declined the offer and got hired on by another company. The micromanagement and harassment was insane. I was so unhappy I dreaded going to work, hated handling the emergency maintenance calls, etc. nothing but crooks. Anyway, started looking... Show more

Since I started property management...
Started working for three properties as the APM, the pm was awful and I was literally only staying until I had enough experience to find a job elsewhere. Didn't need to, though. Shortly after my first year, they lost the contract on one of the properties and the new management company hired me on as the pm. Stayed there 3 years. They ended up leaving the state because the owners of the properties they managed (they managed the entire portfolio of one owner) and they made their own management company. They opted to offer a lower salary and no mileage reimbursement for my trek between two properties and hour apart (my home property was in the town I lived in, I was entitled to mileage on the other property). Declined the offer and got hired on by another company. The micromanagement and harassment was insane. I was so unhappy I dreaded going to work, hated handling the emergency maintenance calls, etc. nothing but crooks. Anyway, started looking around when I finally couldn't take it anymore and found where I am now. Absolutely love it and don't plan on going anywhere ????????

Megan Goodmundson We need to remove the stigma of changing jobs. A good interviewer will 100% absolutely be able to distinguish between a job hopper with less than a strong work ethic versus a strong dedicated worker who is looking for growth and opportunity.

Guest Insider They SAY it doesn't bother them, but we all know it does. Half the time I left because my supervisors were heartless, single-minded jerks that blamed everyone else for their failures. The other half was because of property sales or management contract changes.

Donje Putnam I've changed jobs for health insurance and 401K once because my job didn't offer those things, once for a lot more money, for work-life balance, and because I moved. I left multifamily once and had a short stint at a PR company, which I enjoyed, but I missed the challenge and went back. What happens a lot in our industry is that the management company puts caps on raises but hires new employees at high rates. You could end up with tenure, making the same as a newbie. This is aggravating so you look for a new job (laterally) and hop over to make more. Can you blame folks for doing that?

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